Talk:Cygnus Loop

NGC identification
The Sinbad location for NGC 6960 (and the labels on all the star atlases, including Uranometria) correspond to the Western Veil Nebula -- but the article (before I edited it) treated NGC 6960 as a designation for the entire loop. Is this a case of the 1st number in R.A. being applied to the whole? Is there a clear reference for that? -- Elphion (talk) 15:49, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

center mis-positioned?
The actual center of the CL SNR, corresponding to the coordinates of "Cygnus X-5" listed in the article, is about one finger-width straight to the left, on the annotated UV image thumbnail, viewable whilst reading. Cp.
 * http://archive.stsci.edu/euve/images/cygnus.gif

onto which image, the coordinates for "Cygnus X-5" can be plotted. Cygnus X-5 corresponds to a bright Lyman-α region, near the center of the SNR, as seen in the following figure:
 * http://phys.org/news/2012-12-largest-astronomical-images.html

Seemingly the same region is bright in UV as well; and, evidently, x-rays too. Perhaps a professional could improve the article, by double-checking the position labeled "approximate center" on the Wikipedia article UV image? 66.235.38.214 (talk) 04:24, 27 December 2012 (UTC)


 * The position marked in the image is the position given in the article: The center of the supernova shell as determined from X-ray data lies at J1950 RA 20:49:45 Dec +30°53′.


 * If this position is not correct, the article should be changed, and I would be happy to update the image. (The reference, after all, is somewhat dated.)  Otherwise, it would be useful to indicate in the article why the center of the shell and the position of X-5 don't coincide. -- Elphion (talk) 14:14, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

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File: Cygnus Loop in Hydrogen Alpha / Oxygen III / Oxygen III
The Cygnus Loop is generally imaged in HOO, attached a 48.2 million pixel mosaic image (that i have taken personally) in said imaging/processing method. My connection is rather weak and i cannot upload it but here is the full resolution image:

Cygnus Loop in HOO by Mazen Aoun