NGC 1788 - The Northern Doomsday Machine (Timothy Martin)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: IC 399 · LBN 916 · LBN 923 · LDN 1615 · LDN 1616 · NGC 1740 · NGC 1741 · NGC 1753 · NGC 1788 · VdB33

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NGC 1788 - The Northern Doomsday Machine

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NGC 1788 - The Northern Doomsday Machine

This formation reminds me a bit of CG4 in the Southern constellation of Puppis and, of course, the Doomsday Machine from TOS. Around 1,300 light years away in Orion, the area contains a reflection nebula (NGC 1788-vdB 33), dark and dusty lanes (LDN 1616), and a ton of hydrogen emission material.

If you look close in this crop, you might see Commodore Decker's last ride (okay, I know he tried it with a shuttle, but all's fair in love and interstellar war, right?):

NGC 1788-vdB 33 with Constellation 4k Crop-TOA-DSW-2024-01-19.jpg

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RA (center)	05h04m40s.136
RA (top/left)	05h03m12s.699
RA (top/right)	05h10m51s.898
RA (bottom/right)	05h06m07s.364
RA (bottom/left)	04h58m27s.850

Dec (center)	-03°45′28″.80
Dec (top/left)	-05°15′52″.73
Dec (top/right)	-03°40′28″.60
Dec (bottom/right)	-02°15′03″.22
Dec (bottom/left)	-03°50′19″.26

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