NGC 2626
Image Description and Details : It has components of reflection nebula, emission nebula and dark (absorption) nebula which makes it both challenging and cool. It is located in Vela approximately 4200 light years from Earth.
The reflection nebula is primarily illuminated by a B1 star (CD-40 4432) and is ionized by the O8 quadruple star system HD 73882.
Imaged in LRGB on the Planewave CDK 700 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image Data Acquired and preprocessed by: Mike Selby at throughlightandtime.com
Processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.
Copyright: Mike Selby and Gowri Visweswaran
Name: Mike and Gowri Selby and Visweswaran
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AAPOD2 Title: NGC 2626
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