Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  HD26676  ·  LBN 828
vdB 26, Gary Imm
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Looking like an 8th sister of M45, this small reflection nebula is located 500 light years away in the constellation of Taurus at a declination of +10 degrees.  The source of the nebula is the blue-white main sequence magnitude 6.2 star HD 26676. 

The nebula spans 8 arc-minutes in our apparent view.  This corresponds to a width of 1.2 light years.

Sidney van den Bergh published his vdB catalog of reflection nebulae in 1966. It was later expanded by one for a total of 159. The collection encompassed all reflection nebulosity visible on the Palomar Sky Survey north of -33 degrees latitude. My complete Astrobin vdB Collection is here.

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