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  • Matthias SteinmetzGalacticRAVE@fediscience.org
    Oct 22, 2026, 6:13 PM

    The Dodo Nebula vdB152

    vdB 152, commonly known as the Dodo Nebula, is a faint reflection nebula located about 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. Its bluish glow is produced by starlight scattered by interstellar dust, while the surrounding dark clouds obscure the light of more distant stars.

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    The Dodo Nebula vdB152
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  • Matthias SteinmetzGalacticRAVE@fediscience.org
    Oct 22, 2026, 6:13 PM

    The nebula lies at the tip of a long, sinuous dust structure associated with Barnard 175, giving the region its distinctive appearance.

    There is a red streak in front of Dodo’s beak. Initially I though of a residual from a satellite trail, but indeed the region below Dodo’s head has quite a bit quite structured Halpha emission, and the streak is just a denser part that made it into RGB. So it may be worth adding some Halpha imaging near the next (clear) full Moon.

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