The Ghost Nebula (van den Berg 141)

Posted by AntonFarm
on Monday, August 27, 2012

The Ghost Nebula or vdB 141 is a  reflection nebula is located in the constellation Cepheus in the vicinity of the Iris Nebula. Illuminating the nebula is a new star still in the formation process identified as BD+67 1300 and is of type FU Orionis which is quite rare and exhibits very unusual brightening and dimming behavior. For more technical details look here http://astrofarma.gr/index.php/en/vdb141

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