LDN 1247, LDN 1251 in Cepheus

LBN 558, LDN 1247 and LDN 1251 are a part of a molecular cloud structure in the constellation Cepheus. This is a region of star formation, including several Herbig-Haro objects. In late 1940s George Herbig and Guillermo Haro independently studied and identified these objects as a distinct type of the emission nebula assotiated with newborn stars. The distance to the complex is estimated at 17 light-years. On this image can be spotted also some distant background galaxies. The most prominent of them are PGC 69472 and PGC 166755 (see the annotated mouseover).

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