Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  HD17929  ·  HD18056  ·  LBN 643  ·  LDN 1355  ·  LDN 1357  ·  LDN 1358  ·  RZ Cas  ·  SU Cas

Image of the day 10/04/2022

    LDN 1355 - the Helping Hand, Yizhou Zhang
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    LDN 1355 - the Helping Hand

    Image of the day 10/04/2022

      LDN 1355 - the Helping Hand, Yizhou Zhang
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      LDN 1355 - the Helping Hand

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      Located in the Constellation Cassiopeia, LDN 1355, together with surrounding dark nebulae LDN 1357 & 1358, formed an interesting view of an extended "helping hand". Right below of the "palm" of the helping hand is a blue reflective nebula VdB 9 illuminated by the star SU Cas. To the right edge of the image there is another reflective nebula VdB 7 with a hint of red & blue, surrounding a variable star RZ Cas. Interestingly, RZ Cas is not the illuminating source for VdB 7; it was rather illuminated by a much dimmer 11th mag star nearby.

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      LDN 1355 - the Helping Hand, Yizhou Zhang

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