Hind’s Variable Nebula

This emission nebula in the constellation Taurus the Bull, cataloged as NGC 1554/55, combines two objects in one. At least, it used to. Observers call NGC 1555 Hind’s Variable Nebula. They call NGC 1554 Struve’s Lost Nebula, a name that pretty much says it all. Both common names refer to the 19th-century astronomers who discoveredContinue reading “Hind’s Variable Nebula”
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