Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  16 Cep  ·  PGC 67671  ·  The star 16Cep  ·  VdB149  ·  VdB150
LBN 535 - 2020, Gary Imm
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LBN 535 - 2020

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LBN 535 - 2020

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In honor of Shark Week, this image captures a dark nebulae, a bright nebula, two reflection nebulae, and a galaxy. All of these objects are located in the constellation of Cepheus at a declination of +73 degrees. The nebulae are fairly close to us inside of the Milky Way at about 1000 light years distant, while the galaxy is much further away at 60 million light years.

The body of the shark is the largest object, the bright nebula LBN 535. The dark nebula LDN 1235 makes up the shark's snout. Directly to the right, vdB 150 is the bright bluish reflection nebula on top of the shark's head. At the shark's chest is another bright bluish reflection nebula, vdB 149. Galaxy PGC 67671 is located above and to the right of the bright white star 16 Cep.

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