Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)
Sh2-73 (LBN105/106) and Faint Distant Friends, Graeme Coates
Sh2-73 (LBN105/106) and Faint Distant Friends, Graeme Coates

Sh2-73 (LBN105/106) and Faint Distant Friends

Sh2-73 (LBN105/106) and Faint Distant Friends, Graeme Coates
Sh2-73 (LBN105/106) and Faint Distant Friends, Graeme Coates

Sh2-73 (LBN105/106) and Faint Distant Friends

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Description

Mistakenly catalogued as an HII region, and included in the Sharpless catalogue, this area of dust in Hercules is in fact an example of an integrated flux nebula - shining only through combined light of stars in our own galaxy reflected back to us. Also catalogued as LBN 105/106, MBM 40 and IREC 53.

There are lots of faint, small background galaxies and galaxy groups and clusters in the image - the annotated revision highlights some of these from the PGC/LEDA catalogue.

The data channel amounts look a little odd as quite a lot of frames were affected by high thin cloud!

Image Capture: P Tribe, G Coates

Processing: G Coates

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  • Final
    Sh2-73 (LBN105/106) and Faint Distant Friends, Graeme Coates
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Description: Annotated field.

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Sh2-73 (LBN105/106) and Faint Distant Friends, Graeme Coates

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