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Old 18-04-2015, 09:09 PM
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Gyulbudaghian's Nebula

This is a 1:1 crop of the LBN468 data showing the fan-shaped Gyulbudaghian's Nebula (aka GM 1-29/HH 215) and associated Herbig-Haro objects.

Gyulbudaghian's Nebula was discovered by Armen Gyulbudaghian in 1977. It is a variable reflection nebula (similar to Hubble's variable reflection nebula) which changes shape and brightness over a timescale of months. The nebula is illuminated by a young star, PV Cephei. Polar jets from PV Cephei are responsible for the various HH 315 objects. These are small areas of nebulosity created where these jets interact with surrounding clouds of dust and gas.

This probably wasn't an ideal object for a short focal length scope but it didn't turn out too badly...

Higher res version: http://www.astrobin.com/full/173480/0/
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