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NGC1788, Göran Nilsson
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NGC1788

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NGC1788

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This cloud complex in Orion is situated just north of the better known Witchhead Nebula, at a declination of -3 degrees, so a bit too close for comfort to my southern horizon, and only possible for me to image this time of the year.  NGC 1788 (aka vdB 33) is the bright reflection and emission nebula feature at the top, It is sometimes called the Fox Face Nebula or the Flying Bat Nebula.  There are also a bunch of galaxies to be seen in the image.

As I imaged this through an IDAS NBZ dual-band filter (Ha + Oiii) I picked up quite a bit of Ha around the main object, more than in most images I have seen of this area.

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