Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7822
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NGC 7822 - Sharpless 171: Inside the scull, urban.astronomer
NGC 7822 - Sharpless 171: Inside the scull
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NGC 7822 - Sharpless 171: Inside the scull

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NGC 7822 - Sharpless 171: Inside the scull, urban.astronomer
NGC 7822 - Sharpless 171: Inside the scull
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NGC 7822 - Sharpless 171: Inside the scull

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Some extremely hot, bright young stars contribute to this scene in the center of a nebula region named NGC7822. One of them have a surface temperature around 45.000 degrees (that's almost 8 times the temperature of our sun), which make it among the hottest stars in our starry neighbourhood.

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NGC 7822 - Sharpless 171: Inside the scull, urban.astronomer