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Photographer:

Harshwardhan Pathak

Location of Photo:

El Sauce Observatory, Chile

Date/Time of photo:

6 May 2023

Equipment:

Telescope: Planewave CDK-24 Camera: QHY 600M Mount: Mathis MI-1000/1250

Description:

The image of NGC 2626 is a reflection nebula, emission nebula, and absorption nebula in the constellation Vela. It is mostly illuminated by B1 star CD-40 4432 and ionized by the O8 quadruple star system HD 73882, together with other stars. I used Pixinsight and Adobe Photoshop for the image processing

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