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LDN 988 nebula in Cygnus

by

Tom Davis/Novapix

Reference

a-neb98-00140

Date

2009-12-05

Area around the dark nebula LDN 988 with two blue reflection nebulae GN 21.01.3 and LBN 409. The emission nebula in the upper right of the image near the open cluster NGC 7031 seems uncataloged. Another interesting object is [C86] L988a. This is a looped nebula in LDN988. Sh2-120 and 121 are the two small HII regions left of center. Faint dust makes some of the background appear blue from reflection.