Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)
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LBN 477 - vdB 156d, Gary Imm
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LBN 477 - vdB 156d

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This object, also known as vdB 156d, is a rarely imaged reflection nebula located about 700 light years away in the constellation of Andromeda at a declination of +42 degrees. The nebula spans 44 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a span of almost 10 light years.

This nebula is being illuminated by the bright star Omicron Andromedae which is about 1 degree off image to the upper right. It is interesting to me that the nebula is not more blue in color since the illuminating star is bright blue.

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