Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  VdB2
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vdB 2

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This unassuming object is a small blue-white reflection nebula located 2300 light years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia at a declination of +66 degrees.  It spans 5 arc-minutes in our apparent view.  This corresponds to a width of 3 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 Astrobin vdB Collection, which is about 70% complete, is here.

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