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Sh2-171, John Bozeman

Sh2-171

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Sh2-171

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Sharpless2-171 is part of a bigger nebula, NGC 7822, in Cepheus. It is an emission nebula with elephant trunks, or pillars, carved by stellar winds of the hot bright stars within the nebula. Sh2-171 is about 2700 light-years from Earth. The emission cloud is lit and ionized by the young star cluster Berkeley 59.

12 micron IR data from the WISE All SKy Survey. Processed with FITS Liberator, PixInsight and Photoshop 2022.

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Sh2-171, John Bozeman