NGC 2626

NGC 2626 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Vela.[1]

Atlas Image mosaic of NGC 2626, which, at a distance of about 1 kpc (3300 light years), is primarily reflecting the light from the bright blue (B1-type) 10th-magnitude star, CD -40°4432, which is embedded in it.

References

  1. ↑ Mueller, Kaisa; Graham, John A (November 2000). "Young Stars Associated with the Reflection Nebula NGC 2626". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 112 (777): 1426–32. Bibcode:2000PASP..112.1426M. doi:10.1086/317705. Retrieved 6 July 2015.

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