Sep 6, 2024, 06:14 AM IST
About 70,000 light-years across, NGC 247 is a spiral galaxy smaller than our Milky Way.
The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star.
A triangular prominence hovers over the Sun.
Galaxies of the NGC 7771 Group are featured in this intriguing skyscape.
The Moon's south pole is toward the top left of this detailed telescopic moonscape.
A nearby star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius.
Image source: NASA