Reflection nebula
vdB 42
vdB 42
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 5h 31m 18.4s
- Declination
- -5° 42' 14"
- Size
- 5.6′ × 5.6′
- Position angle
- not available
- Magnitude
- 9.5
- Surface brightness
- 21.83 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- RGB, LRGB, OSC
- Data source
- VizieR VII/21 — van den Bergh (1966)
Reflection nebula lit by a star of spectral type: dA7
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