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NGC 2736 Pencil Nebula in Narrowband Foraxx, Capturing Ancient Photons
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NGC 2736 Pencil Nebula in Narrowband Foraxx

Revision title: Added another 13 hours of HO and RGB data for star color. Changed the palette to Foraxx

NGC 2736 Pencil Nebula in Narrowband Foraxx, Capturing Ancient Photons
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NGC 2736 Pencil Nebula in Narrowband Foraxx

Revision title: Added another 13 hours of HO and RGB data for star color. Changed the palette to Foraxx

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NGC 2736 The Pencil Nebula a gorgeous deep space object in the constellation Vela. Moving at roughly 644,000 kmh it is thought to have been formed from a shock wave of the larger Vela Supernova Remnant. It resides about 815 light years away.

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Title: Added another 13 hours of HO and RGB data for star color. Changed the palette to Foraxx

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NGC 2736 Pencil Nebula in Narrowband Foraxx, Capturing Ancient Photons