About East Veil Nebula (C33)

East Veil Nebula is a rewarding deep-sky target and is visible as a compact luminous region. It has moderate brightness.

Current visibility

It is currently below the horizon.

It stays above 30° for roughly 8 hours.

Observing conditions matter, contrast improves away from light pollution.

Observing tips

It can be challenging under typical skies.

What to expect

It appears more compact than typical clusters.

Type

Supernova Remnant

Constellation

Cygnus

Distance

2500 ly

Size

Season

Summer

Difficulty

Hard

Magnitude

7