Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cygnus Loop

Cygnus Loop

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Original – "The Cygnus Loop (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103) is a large supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Cygnus, an emission nebula measuring nearly 3° across. Some arcs of the loop, known collectively as the Veil Nebula or Cirrus Nebula, emit in visible light. Radio, infrared and X-ray images reveal the complete loop."

Reason

Notable astronomical object (a supernova remnant). Image used in multiple articles. Image size 6,000 × 5,208 pixels.

Articles in which this image appears

Cygnus Loop, Veil Nebula, Supernova remnant, GALEX

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out

Creator

NASA/JPL-Caltech

• Support as nominator – Pine^✉ 18:53, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support though is a pity it is cropped; the original was nicer even with the missing area. Belle (talk) 19:53, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support -- Pluto images anyone? And that new blue marble. I'll have a look myself the latter when time. Ayesha23 (talk) 21:31, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:05, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support: An interesting photo with a high resolution. Fantastic! Mhhossein (talk) 07:02, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support Very educational. --Janke | Talk 08:28, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support --Tremonist (talk) 12:08, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support -- Lovely colours. Hafspajen (talk) 13:30, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support Undoubtedly much EV Alborzagros (talk) 15:01, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Ultraviolet image of the Cygnus Loop Nebula crop.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:00, 21 August 2015 (UTC)