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Douglas Rollain

LBN 576 - The Garlic Nebula

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SH2-261 aka Lower's Nebula image

SH2-261 aka Lower's Nebula


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Here’s one that you don’t see that much. SH2-261, aka “Lower’s Nebula”. Another molecular cloud of hydrogen producing new stars at its core about 3000 light years distant in the constellation Orion.