Veil Nebula

Astronomy Special Project by Alice Owen and Declan Rexer

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Alice Owen and Declan Rexer, The Veil Nebula

Full Image

Alice and Declan Veil Full

The above photo was composed from 20 exposures of two minutes each in each of two narrow-band filters, and 20 exposures of 10 seconds each in a broadband filter.

Detail

Alice and Declan Veil Cropped

The narrow-band image for hydrogen gas is mapped to red, and that for oxygen is mapped to teal. The broadband image is mapped to white.