Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7510
SH2-157, Cheman
SH2-157
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SH2-157

SH2-157, Cheman
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SH2-157

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Sharpless 157(SH2-157), the Claw Nebula, is an emission nebula in the constellations Cassiopeia and Cepheus at a distance of about 8,000 light-years. At the top left is the open star cluster NGC 7510, about 9,900 light-years away. The central emission area of Sh2-157, has an angular dimension about 60x60 arc minutes. (Full Moon is about 30 arc minutes wide.) The shape of the nebula is coursed by a stellar wind, a radiation pressure, from several massive young stars.

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SH2-157, Cheman