Sunday, September 12, 2010

APOD 1.2

If you click on the link above and place your cursor on the image, it will label and outline the important objects in Cepheus.  The constellation Cepheus (the King) is in the northern hemisphere and is in the shape of a crooked house.  It is shown by the bright blue stars in the mid-left of the picture above.  On the far left under the house is the IC 1396 emission nebula, which contains the Elephant's Trunk Nebula.  In the upper right is the Bubble Nebula, which is about 10 light years wide.

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