Nebula
The delicate, glowing remains of a massive star that exploded as a supernova roughly 10,000 years ago.
| Type | Nebula |
|---|---|
| Nebula type | Supernova Remnant |
| Distance from Earth | 2,400 ly |
| Diameter | 1,040,000,000,000,000 km |
| Mass | 3.98 × 10^31 kg |
| Temperature | 59,727°C |
| Apparent magnitude | 7 |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Hemisphere | Northern |
| Discovered | 1784 |
At 1,040,000,000,000,000 km across, Veil Nebula is 81,619,839,900 times the diameter of Earth.
Its mass is 6,664,434 times the mass of Earth.
The light reaching us from Veil Nebula tonight left it around 2,400 years ago.
Of the 11 nebulas these pages cover, only 2 lie closer to us.
An average temperature of 60,000 K works out at 59,727 degrees Celsius, warmer than the 15 degrees Earth averages.
It has been on record since 1784.
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