Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  HD17929  ·  HD18056  ·  LBN 643  ·  LDN 1355  ·  LDN 1357  ·  LDN 1358  ·  SU Cas
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Cosmic Hand Nebula - LDN1355, 1357, 1358, Chris Ashford
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Cosmic Hand Nebula - LDN1355, 1357, 1358

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Cosmic Hand Nebula - LDN1355, 1357, 1358, Chris Ashford
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Cosmic Hand Nebula - LDN1355, 1357, 1358

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The Cosmic Hand or often called Helping Hand Nebula is a dark and reflection nebula complex located in Cassiopeia. The dark nebulae are all in the LDN catalog - LDN1355, 1357 and 1358. There is also a reflection nebula in the image which is in the van den Bergh catalog (vdB 9).

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Cosmic Hand Nebula - LDN1355, 1357, 1358, Chris Ashford