Visualization of the Veil Supernova Remnant
This 3-D visualization flies across a small portion of the Veil Nebula as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. This region is a small part of a huge expanding remnant from a star that exploded many thousands of years ago. Hubble resolves tangled rope-like filaments of glowing gases.
The 3-D model has been created for illustrative purposes and shows that that the giant bubble of gas has a thin, rippled surface. It also highlights that the emission from different chemical elements arises from different layers of gas within the nebula. In the imagery, emission from hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen are shown in red, green, and blue, respectively.
Visualization of a small region of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA, ESA, and F. Summers, G. Bacon, Z. Levay, and L. Frattare (Viz 3D Team, STScI)
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Project support
- Frank Summers (STScI)
- Mark Malanoski (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Greg Bacon (STScI/Aura)
- Zoltan Levay (STScI/Aura)
- Lisa Frattare (STScI)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, September 24, 2015.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 12:28 AM EST.