VdB 112 - reflection nebula in Ophiuchus |
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Size: 1800 px | |||||||||||||||||||||||
© Velimir Popov & Emil Ivanov 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
VdB 112 is very small yellow-red reflection nebula in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is visible exactly in the centre of the image and is illuminated by the star BD -05 4524. Paralax measurements place the star-nebula complex at about 13 parsecs (42 l.y). Dark clouds just above VdB 112 are the dark nebula LDN 421. |
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Charts and image details obtained from Astrometry.net | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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