Like a cosmic ghost drifting through Cygnus, the Veil Nebula’s tangled filaments glow eerily in red and teal light—remnants of a massive star that met its end about 10,000 years ago. The nebula’s delicate structure traces the expanding shock waves from that ancient supernova, its wispy forms resembling torn veils or spectral smoke.

Captured under Bortle 7 skies, this two-panel mosaic spans over 25 hours of integration in HOO narrowband. The contrasting hydrogen and oxygen emissions lend the scene an otherworldly, almost haunted glow—perfect for Halloween night, when even the cosmos seems to wear a ghostly disguise.