Nebulae
A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases. Nebulae are often star-forming regions. In these regions the formations of gas, dust, and other materials "clump" together to form larger masses, which attract further matter, and eventually will become massive enough to form stars. The remaining materials are then believed to form planets, and other planetary system objects
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VDB136
Light from the red giant star in the centre is being reflected in our direction by particles of soot and gas behind the star, giving the diffuse yellow glow of vdB 136. The area is surrounded by faint H-alpha emissions and interesting dark lanes too. This patch of sky lies about 2 degrees from the Cygnus the Swan’s brightest star, Deneb. vdB 136 is a around 2510 light years away
Telescope: RH200
Camera:ATIK 460
Filters: Astrodon Gen II LRGB
Total Exposure: 7h