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Goran Petrov

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Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146)

14 July, 201911 January, 2025 by Goran Petrov

Nearly 15 light-years in size and located in Cygnus, some 4,000 ly away from us, this beautiful object is another stellar nursery, IC 5146 or Sh 2-125, the Cocoon Nebula. The ‘cocoon’ we see is an open cluster embedded within

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IC 1396

Elephant’s Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)

14 July, 201911 January, 2025 by Goran Petrov

IC 1396 is one of the largest ionized gas nebula in the night sky (occupies full 3 degrees in the sky — which is six diameters of the Moon when seen from Earth). It is located in the constellation of

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IC1805; IC1848

Heart and Soul Nebulae (IC1805 and IC1848)

14 July, 201911 January, 2025 by Goran Petrov

The Heart Nebula (IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190, aka Running Dog Nebula), shown on the photograph in the lower right, and the Soul Nebula (Westerhout 5, IC 1848, Sharpless 2-199, aka Embryo Nebula) are located in the Perseus Arm of the

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NGC 7635

Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635)

14 July, 20194 September, 2019 by Goran Petrov

The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11) is a bubble of interstellar atomic hydrogen (HII region) ionized by the strong ultraviolet radiation on the O-type hot star (BD+60°2522) that is within the nebula, but not in the

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NGC 281

Pacman Nebula (NGC 281)

14 July, 201931 July, 2019 by Goran Petrov

NGC 281 is a  bright emission nebula that resembles Ms. Pac-Man, more so when viewed in the visible spectrum (this photo is in narrowband). It’s more formal designations in various catalogs are NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184. Objects lying on the Milky Way

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