Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  3 Sco  ·  4 Sco  ·  6 pi. Sco  ·  LBN 1093  ·  LBN 1094  ·  LBN 1095  ·  Sh2-1  ·  The star 3Sco  ·  The star 4Sco  ·  The star πSco
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vdB99, Sh2-1; Scorpius, Thomas V. Davis
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vdB99, Sh2-1; Scorpius

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vdB99, Sh2-1; Scorpius

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vdB99, Sh2-1; Scorpius

Astro-Physics 305mm f/3.8 Riccardi-Honders astrograph, Lum

Takahashi FSQ-106 f/5 refractor, OSC

KAF-16803 FLI Proline

KAI-11000CM, SBIG STL

Total Exposure Time: 9.9 hours; L:HaSC 250:135:210 min

June 2014; Inkom, ID

Comments: vdB 99 is a large reflection nebula in close proximity to PI Sco, a magnitude 2.8 star.

vdB99: Size (arcmin): 210 by 60

Type: illuminating star inside nebula

Surface brightness: moderate

Color: very blue

Absorption: weak

Illuminating star ID1: CD-2511228

Illuminating star ID2: HD143018

Mag. of illuminating star: 2.89

Spectral type of star: B1V+.

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vdB99, Sh2-1; Scorpius, Thomas V. Davis