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Nebula VDB 149 in Cepheus

author: Tom Davis/Novapix

reference: a-neb98-21490

Image Size 300 DPI: 30 * 20 cm

VdB 149 is the blue reflection nebula on the center left; vdB150 the center right. The darker nebula just "above" vdB150 is Lynds Dark Nebula 1235. It is likely an Extended Red Emission nebula (ERE). These ERE are galactic dark nebulae at high latitudes that become visible through illumination by the interstellar radiation field.

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2008 - ASTRONOMY - CEPHEUS - DARK NEBULA - LDN 1235 - NEBULA - REFLECTION NEBULA - STAR - VDB 149 - VDB 150 -