LDN 1355 — The “Helping Hand”
Image Title: LDN 1355 — The “Helping Hand”
Copyright: S.M.G Astro
Date image was taken: September 19, 2026
Location: Mont-Saint-Michel Bay
Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup
Description and Details: Approximately 1,400 light-years away, in the constellation of Cassiopeia, vast clouds of interstellar dust form a strange silhouette: that of a hand reaching toward the sky.
LDN 1355, together with LDN 1357 and LDN 1358, is a dark nebula. Its dust absorbs the light from stars lying behind it, appearing as a gigantic dark silhouette against the starry background.
Beside it, the bluish reflection nebula vdB 9, illuminated by the variable star SU Cassiopeiae, adds a striking touch of light to this cosmic landscape.
Name: Mathieu Geffroy
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