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CTB1 The Garlic Nebula in HOO With RGB Stars, Justin Worden
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The Garlic Nebula (CTB 1 / Abell 85 or LBN 576) is a supernova remnant in the constellation cassiopea. It is 9780 light years away, spans 98 light years in diameter, and is beleived to be about 10,000 years old. It was originally incorrectly labeled as a planetary nebula by George Abell giving it the designation Abell 85. 

In 1960 Robert W. Wilson (who later won the Nobel Prize with Arno Penzias for discovering the cosmic background radiation) and J. G. Bolton properly cataloged it as part of an early radio telescope survey. This list was known as CalTech observatory list B, hence the CTB designation. [1]

[1] https://digitalstars.wordpress.com/2022/10/22/ctb1-abell-85-the-garlic-nebula/

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CTB1 The Garlic Nebula in HOO With RGB Stars, Justin Worden

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