Nebulae - IC 1470 and surroundings

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  The green blob is IC 1470, an emission nebula, it lies about 6500 light years away, and is illuminated by a hot massive star.

  

  Posted March 6, 2015 3:10 AM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  Cloud BFS15 can be seen at the bottom of the image.

  

  Source: http://cosmoquest.org/forum/showthread.php?105100-Sh2-156-IC-1470

  Posted March 6, 2015 3:21 AM

• by leonie_van_vliet

  How tiny it looks [SFA2014] BFS Cloud classified by; wtaskew. Putting things in perspective here... 😃

  Posted March 6, 2015 3:25 PM