Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1795  ·  NGC 896
IC 1795, Paul
IC 1795
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IC 1795

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IC 1795 (nicknamed the Fish head Nebula or Northern Bear Nebula) is a bright emission nebula of about 70 light-years across with glowing gas and dark lanes of obscuring dust, located just over 6,000 light-years away from Earth in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. The brighter region of the nebula is designated NGC 896.

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IC 1795, Paul