NGC 1555
| Variable fog | |
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| NGC 1555 | |
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| Image taken with the 81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory . | |
| Constellation | bull |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04h 21m 59.4s |
| declination | + 19 ° 32 ′ 07 ″ |
| Further data | |
| Angular expansion |
0.5 ' |
| history | |
| discovery |
John Russell Hind |
| Date of discovery |
October 11, 1852 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1555 • Hind's Nebula, Sharpless 238 | |
| Aladin previewer | |
NGC 1555 , also known as Hind's Variable Nebula , is a reflection nebula lit by the variable star T Tauri and located in the constellation Taurus . It's a Herbig Haro item .
The object was discovered by John Russell Hind on October 11, 1852 .
Web links
- Spektrum .de: amateur recording [1]
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database