Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)

Image of the day 11/29/2018

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    NEW DISCOVERY: Finn's Nebula, a reflection nebula around the variable star BE Cam, Marcel Drechsler
    NEW DISCOVERY: Finn's Nebula, a reflection nebula around the variable star BE Cam
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    NEW DISCOVERY: Finn's Nebula, a reflection nebula around the variable star BE Cam

    Image of the day 11/29/2018

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      NEW DISCOVERY: Finn's Nebula, a reflection nebula around the variable star BE Cam, Marcel Drechsler
      NEW DISCOVERY: Finn's Nebula, a reflection nebula around the variable star BE Cam
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      NEW DISCOVERY: Finn's Nebula, a reflection nebula around the variable star BE Cam

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      Finns Nebula is an unknown and uncatalogized reflection nebula around the variable star BE Cam (V* BE CAM, HIP 17884) in the constellation Camelopardalis. It has never been photographed before.

      Finns Nebula is a very rare orange-yellow reflection nebula of the Merope type, because it reminds optically strongly of the nebula around the star in the Pleiades.

      Because Finns nebula is located around a variable star, its brightness varies periodically analogous to its central star. This makes Finns nebula an extremely rare yellow, variable reflection nebula.

      With an extension of 30-40 arc minutes, the reflection nebula is very large, but extremely weak in brightness.

      Dossier on the discovery (PDF) for download:

      http://www.sternwarte-baerenstein.de/upload/be-cam_reflexionsnebel.pdf (german)

      http://www.sternwarte-baerenstein.de/upload/be-cam_reflection_nebula.pdf (english)

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      NEW DISCOVERY: Finn's Nebula, a reflection nebula around the variable star BE Cam, Marcel Drechsler