The Veil Nebula is actually expanding debris from a supernova explosion about 7500 years ago.

distance: ~1500 ly
apparent size or the whole complex: 230x160 arcmin
Discovered 1784 by William Herschel

30x120 sec, ISO 800, 10 darks, no flats, no guiding
first image @ 03:15 +2
Canon 350D (Hutech modified)
Borg 101ED
AP1200GTO
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