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This is not one of the flashy nebulas. It is very faint and I took 150 exposures 3 minutes long over two nights. That is 7.5 hours of exposure time to gather the photons for the photo. LBN 535 known as the Shark Nebula spans about 15 light years and lies about 650 light years distant. It is composed of interstellar gas and dust. The dust (somewhat like cigarette smoke) was created in the cool atmospheres of giant stars. VdB 140 and 150 are two small blue reflection nebula on the sides of the Shark. They are about 1,000 light years di

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