Vdb 15 in reflection (Monty Chandler)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam) · Contains: HD20930 · HD20959 · HD21389 · HD21427 · HD21769 · HD237128 · HD237153 · LBN 682 · LBN 684

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Vdb 15 in reflection

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When it comes to reflection nebula they tend to be very faint with the gases illuminated by a massive star. VdB15 is no exception. This beautiful reflection nebula is only a small part of a large dust cloud in the constellation Camelopardalis. It contains both reflection nebulae (blue), emission nebulae (red) and dark clouds (brownish-black). This image consists of 165 subs at 300" exposures - 13.75 hours - using a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED telescope and ASI2600MC astrophotography camera riding an EQ6r Pro equitorial mount.

HD 21389 is a supergiant variable star in reflection nebula VdB 15, in the constellation Camelopardalis. It has the variable star designation CE Camelopardalis, abbreviated CE Cam. This object is part of the Camelopardalis OB1 association. The near-identical member CS Camelopardalis lies half a degree to the north.

Since 1943, the spectrum of CE Cam has served as one of the stable anchor points by which other stars are classified. CE Camelopardalis is some 19 times as massive as the Sun and 55,000 times as luminous.

CE Cam is embedded in a large dusty molecular cloud, part of which it illuminates as a reflection nebula (vdB15). This is a region of ongoing star formation with stars aged from one to a hundred million years old. CE Cam itself is thought to be around 11 million years old, long enough to have exhausted its core hydrogen and evolved away from the main sequence into a supergiant.

vdB Reflection Nebula

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RA (center)	03h28m56s.979
RA (top/left)	03h36m06s.483
RA (top/right)	03h26m11s.872
RA (bottom/right)	03h21m46s.689
RA (bottom/left)	03h31m34s.560

Dec (center)	+58°53′58″.80
Dec (top/left)	+58°52′31″.79
Dec (top/right)	+59°45′26″.27
Dec (bottom/right)	+58°54′06″.67
Dec (bottom/left)	+58°02′23″.67

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