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NGC 604

04.10.2005 22:00 UTC

This nebula seems to be brighter than the core of M33. I could not see any details from this nebula, but if we take to account the distance of this, it is no wonder. This is also a huge nebula. Remember, that the one in Orion is approximately 30 ly wide, when NGC 604 is 1500 ly!

NGC Object List:
NGC604 gaseous nebula RA:01h34m32.6 Dec:+30°47m'04" BMag: ,

Sketch

| Location: Blueberry Street Observatories, Koivula, Kotka | Seeing: 3(5) | Background Sky: 3(5) | Magnification: 107x | No clouds and no moon. Liitle light pollution (as always?) |

Added: 26.11.2005 16:30 UTC