Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  37 Ori)  ·  37 phi01 Ori  ·  39 Ori)  ·  39 lam Ori  ·  40 Ori  ·  40 phi02 Ori  ·  B223  ·  B224  ·  B225  ·  B30  ·  B31  ·  B32  ·  HD242742  ·  HD242795  ·  HD242867  ·  HD242967  ·  HD242999  ·  HD243049  ·  HD243050  ·  HD243107  ·  HD243120  ·  HD243121  ·  HD243122  ·  HD243142  ·  HD243143  ·  HD243156  ·  HD243157  ·  HD243174  ·  HD243175  ·  HD243195  ·  And 530 more.
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Angel Fish nebula and friends, John Lascola
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Angel Fish nebula and friends

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Angel Fish nebula and friends

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1500 light years away, Located at the head of the hunter Orion. Meissa is the brightest member of a young cluster known as the Lambda Orionis Cluster. It ionizes a large nebula that surrounds it. The cluster can be seen in binoculars and small telescopes, while the nebula is only visible photographically.  This one turned out to be a lot more interesting then I anticipated. I didn’t realize there was dense molecular cloud surrounding its shape. Brought out some detail in the reflection nebula Cederblad 51 to.

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Angel Fish nebula and friends, John Lascola