Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  LBN 696  ·  LBN 701  ·  LBN 704  ·  LBN 705  ·  LBN 706  ·  LDN 1391  ·  NGC 1444  ·  NGC 1491  ·  NGC 1496  ·  Sh2-205  ·  Sh2-206
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Fossil Footprint Nebula, David Krause
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Fossil Footprint Nebula

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Fossil Footprint Nebula, David Krause
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Fossil Footprint Nebula

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A nebula less imaged, this is NGC 1491. It’s a rather bright emission nebula in Perseus also known as the Fossil Footprint Nebula. It’s about 12,000 light years from Earth and approximately 21 light years wide. We also captured the unnamed and rather faint hydrogen region by it that contains two open star clusters NGC 1444 and 1496.

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