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      NGC 6992
      Wallpaper author:
      John Ebersole

      30 Aug 2026

      NGC 6992

      I have named NGC 6992 on the east side of the Veil Nebula as the "Cicada Nebula" for its resemblance to the winged insect. It is seen here in a reordered Hubble palette, namely HSO.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      Sh 2-103

      3 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      SPA-1-CMOS

      NGC 6992