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NGC 1491 aka SH2-206  The Fossil Footprint Nebula, Roland Schliessus
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NGC 1491 aka SH2-206 The Fossil Footprint Nebula

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NGC 1491 aka SH2-206 The Fossil Footprint Nebula

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SH2-206 (also known as NGC 1491) is an emission nebula in constellation Perseus. The region is ionized by the star BD +50 886 which lies in a distance of about 10,700 ly (light years) from Earth (Gaia DR3 data). The stellar wind of this star interacts with the matter of a surrounding molecular cloud and forms a bubble, similar to the one of the Bubble Nebula but much smaller: about 60" (arcseconds) or 3 ly. The diameter of the ionized region of the molecular cloud is about 100 ly.

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NGC 1491 aka SH2-206  The Fossil Footprint Nebula, Roland Schliessus