Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  The star 16 Cep  ·  The star 24 Cep
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VDB 150/152 (Noise reduction), Philippe Renaud
VDB 150/152 (Noise reduction)
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VDB 150/152 (Noise reduction)

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VDB 150/152 (Noise reduction), Philippe Renaud
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VDB 150/152 (Noise reduction)

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Van den Bergh 152 (vdB 152; a.k.a. Cederblad 201) is the prominent blue reflection nebula on the left side of this image. It lies at the end of Barnard 175, the pillar of dust filling this field. The dark area connected to vdB is a Bok globule, a dense accumulation of cosmic dust from which stars are often born. The whole complex lies in the direction of the constellation Cepheus, about 1400 light years away and spanning 7 light years. Interestingly, the bright star illuminating vdB 152 was likely not born within this complex as it is moving through space at a different speed than the nebula. 
VdB 150, on the right side aka " Dark shark nebula"  is the blue reflection nebula at top. VdB 149 is the reflection nebula at bottom

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VDB 150/152 (Noise reduction), Philippe Renaud

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