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vdB18

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Situated on the edge of the Perseus molecular cloud, van den Bergh 18 is a small, faint reflection nebula (blue, center).  It is surrounded by various LDN and LBN dark nebulae, as well as several PGC galaxies and the open star cluster NGC1342, (bottom right).  

Acquisition Details

LUM = 79x10min
OSC = 77x10min
Total = 26hrs