Subject: AGZ0002w6u

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• by les42

  could this be a gas cloud in the foreground obscurring a spiral in the distance?

  Posted September 24, 2012 4:45 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  yes, it is a reflection nebula

  Posted September 24, 2012 5:12 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  zoomed out image. click on get image, left of screen
  http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/chart/chart.asp?ra=84.85668331&dec=-0.60824269

  Posted September 24, 2012 5:13 PM

• by JeanTate

  If you zoom out, you'll see there's extensive foreground #nebulosity
  What's strange about this part of it is that it's so blue!
  #odd #Wow!

  Posted September 24, 2012 5:14 PM

• by les42

  Yep. Thanks for showing me the skyserver link. Very cool!

  Posted September 24, 2012 5:41 PM

• by Tony_Wei

  It's near M78^http://skyservice.pha.jhu.edu/DR8/ImgCutout/getjpeg.aspx?ra=84.85668331&dec=-0.60824269&scale=50.704256&width=512&height=512&o

  Posted October 2, 2012 9:45 AM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  #nebula

  Posted October 24, 2014 7:12 PM

• by leonie_van_vliet

  #spiral, overtaken by wispy #blue reflection of #nebula beyond...

  Posted December 13, 2014 2:56 PM