Nebula 087 / 100
Maia Nebula
NGC1432
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Tau
- Right ascension
- 3h 45m 49.7s
- Declination
- +24° 22′
- Angular size
- 60x40′
- Catalogue
- NGC1432
Located in Taurus.
The outline on your card
A blue reflection glow around the Pleiades star Maia.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 0.67 : 1
- Central source
- Single central star
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Dark lane · Filaments
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