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Tadpole Nebula, Deval Singh
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The Tadpole Nebula lies about 12,000 light-years away in the northern constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga). It is a region of ionised hydrogen gas spanning over 100 lightyears across that's carved and sculpted by streams of charged particles called stellar winds emanating from open Star cluster NGC 1893.
The 'tadpoles' that give the nebula its nickname are dense streams of dust and gas about 10 lightyears long that may well be sites of star formation.

Collected the data over 2 nights under the Bortle 4 sky in January 23.

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Tadpole Nebula, Deval Singh