vdB 84 (with vdB 83) (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Canis Major (CMa) · Contains: PGC 19402 · PGC 19403 · PGC 19405 · PGC 2801154 · PGC 754206 · PGC 754383 · PGC 754462 · PGC 758360 · PGC 759925 · VdB83 · VdB84

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vdB 84 (with vdB 83)

This pair of faint unassuming vdB reflection nebulae are located about 2700 light years away in the constellation of Canis Major at a declination of -27 degrees. Each nebula spans about 2 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a width of 2 light years.

vdB 83 surrounds the 10.0 magnitude source star TYC 6516-2583-1. A galaxy, ESO 490-22, appears faintly to the upper right of the star system. vdB 84 surrounds the brighter 9.2 magnitude source star CD 27 3180.

I usually am excited to image multiple catalogue objects in the same frame, but not so much with this one.

Sidney van den Bergh published his vdB catalog of reflection nebulae in 1966. It was later expanded by one for a total of 159. The collection encompassed all reflection nebulosity visible on the Palomar Sky Survey north of -33 degrees latitude. My Astrobin vdB Collection, which is about 85% complete, is here.

vdB Reflection Nebula
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RA (center)	06h39m52s.816
RA (top/left)	06h41m31s.448
RA (top/right)	06h38m17s.840
RA (bottom/right)	06h38m13s.662
RA (bottom/left)	06h41m29s.900

Dec (center)	-27°15′03″.21
Dec (top/left)	-27°01′04″.59
Dec (top/right)	-27°00′08″.75
Dec (bottom/right)	-27°28′57″.38
Dec (bottom/left)	-27°29′52″.11

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