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The Dark Shark Nebula, LDN1235

Catalin Cosar, Henlow, Bedfordshire, 22-28 February 2022

“Along with the dark Shark Nebula, LDN 1235, two reflection nebulae are visible here, vdB 149 and vdB 150, as well as the distant spiral galaxy PGC 67671, behind the shark’s ‘fin’. Gathering the data was easy – the moonless nights helped – but processing it was a different story. It took a few weeks until I was satisfied with the

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