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LDN 1251
LDN 1251 — Anglerfish Nebula
Dark Nebula
· CepheusAdvanced
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Target information
- Object type
- Dark Nebula
- Constellation
- Cepheus
- Right ascension
- 22h 36m 06s
- Declination
- +75° 16′ 00″
- Magnitude
- Not recorded
- Angular size
- 27′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Best months
- July, August, September, October, November
- Catalog IDs
- LDN 1251
About this target
Faint dark molecular cloud in Cepheus. Catalog dimensions describe the cloud itself; wider imaging fields often include surrounding dust.