Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)
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Sh2-263, LBN 867, and vdB 38, Jim Thommes
Sh2-263, LBN 867, and vdB 38
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Sh2-263, LBN 867, and vdB 38

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Sh2-263, LBN 867, and vdB 38, Jim Thommes
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Sh2-263, LBN 867, and vdB 38

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This image shows a region of dust illuminated by nearby a nearby star reflecting its (blue) light - as well as Hydrogen ionized by the same star (red Ha ionization). The star is  HD 34989 (also known TYC700-1015-1 in the annotation image - at magnitude 5.76). The reflection structure is vdB 38; the Ha emission structure is Sh2-263 (also as LBN 867). There are several other objects in this field - open cluster Dolidze 19, dark nebula LDN 1588, a second HII region in the main structure LBN 866, and several background galaxies. These objects and some of the brighter stars are identified in the annotated image. Horizontal FOV is approximately 88 arc minutes. Full size image scale is 1.76 arcsec/pix.

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