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Cygnus Loop (Veil Nebula, NG6 6992, Cygnus X-5) | ||||
subject | fact |
Cygnus Loop | is a part of Cygnus | ![]() |
has age 20000 years | ![]() | |
has distance 770 pc | ![]() | |
has synonym Veil Nebula | ![]() | |
has synonym NG6 6992 | ![]() | |
has synonym Cygnus X-5 | ![]() | |
has image ![]() | ![]() | |
has definition A supernova remnant, consisting of a large loop of gas ejected from a star. It is 100 pc above the galactic plane. (X-ray observations give a distance of 2-3 kpc.) It is a thermal bremsstrahlung source of soft X-rays with a spectral temperature of 2 × 106 K. | ![]() | |
is an instance of supernova remnant | ![]() | |
is an instance of X-ray source | ![]() | |
supernova remnant | has ejection velocity 10000 km s-1 | ![]() |
produces synchrotron radiation | ![]() | |
has acronym SNR | ![]() | |
X-ray source | has wavelength X-ray | ![]() |
is a part of celestial sphere | ![]() | |
radio source | is a part of celestial sphere | ![]() |
has catalog radio source catalog | ![]() | |
expanding emission nebula | has composition enhanced with heavy elements relative to the interstellar medium | ![]() |
has explosion date | ![]() | |
has progenitor star | ![]() | |
has expansion velocity | ![]() | |
celestial body | has spectra | ![]() |
physical object | has location or center of gravity | ![]() |
has angular momentum | ![]() | |
has mass | ![]() | |
has velocity | ![]() | |
has momentum | ![]() | |
has temperature | ![]() | |
has volume | ![]() | |
has extent | ![]() | |
has material | ![]() | |
nebula | is a part of gas | ![]() |
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