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NGC 1999

Original - Color image of reflection nebula NGC 1999. The nebula is filled with dust; this dust then shines from the light of the variable star V380. This nebula is located 1,500 light-years from Earth and its star is located in the constellation Orion.
Reason
I've had my eye on this for a while. It provides excellent EV for a reflection nebula, even showing the tint of its reflection. Otherwise, high res. and enticing.
Articles this image appears in
Star, NGC 1999, Herschel 400 Catalogue
Creator
Hubble Space Telescope
  • Support as nominator --— Ceran [ speak ] 21:47, 16 December 2008 (UTC) reply
  • Need to fix the caption, I suspect it's a bit more than 1500 miles away. :) -- Golbez ( talk) 08:57, 17 December 2008 (UTC) reply
  • Comment Caption is fixed per the image source. What wavelength/frequency is the source if its false colour? Noodle snacks ( talk) 10:31, 17 December 2008 (UTC) reply
  • Actually, source says nothing about false coloring. I've removed that bit from the caption. — Ceran [ speak ] 13:04, 17 December 2008 (UTC) reply

Not promoted -- Noodle snacks ( talk) 11:13, 27 December 2008 (UTC) reply

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