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Also known as Hind's Variable Nebula

Herbig-Haro object

Key facts

Right ascension
4 21 57.1
Declination
+19 ° 32 ′ 7 ″
Constellation
Taurus
Designations
Hind's Nebula, Sharpless 238, PGC 1595946

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catalog code
[B77] 84
Commons category
NGC 1555
time of discovery or invention
1852-10-11
right ascension
65.48792
declination
19.53528
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NGC 1555, sometimes known as Hind's Variable Nebula, Sh2-238 or HH 155, is a variable nebula 4 light years across, illuminated by the star T Tauri, located in the constellation Taurus. It is 400 light years away from Earth, and has a magnitude (B) of 9.98. It is also in the second Sharpless catalog as 238. It is a Herbig–Haro object. The nebula was discovered on October 11, 1852, by John Russell Hind.

NGC 1555 from the 0.8m Schulman at the Mount Lemmon Sky Center, AZ.

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