Veil Nebula - NGC6960.jpg (Wikimedia Commons)

author

Ken Crawford

description

It is the Western Veil of the nebula (also known as Caldwell 34), consisting of NGC 6960 (the “Witch’s Broom”, “Finger of God”, or “Filamentary Nebula”) near the foreground star 52 Cygni.

license

CC BY-SA 3.0

note

Extremely high-resolution versions are available on the website.

photograph of

random

Roger Smith, as well as the HAFMC’s founder David Smith, received funding from the National Institutes of Health, and reportedly the CIA, to study the effects of drugs like LSD and methamphetamine on the counterculture movement in San Francisco’s Haight–Ashbury District.

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photograph
Wikimedia Commons

website

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Veil_Nebula_-_NGC6960.jpg

when

2010-09-11