Observation by Graham Roberts: NGC 7288 / Teddy Bear Nebula

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Graham Roberts

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Graham Roberts

Observed

2026 Oct 17 - 21:00

Uploaded

2026 Nov 02 - 17:14

Title

NGC 7288 / Teddy Bear Nebula

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An emission nebula, NGC 7822 is a wide star-forming region, with complex of glowing gas, dark dust lanes and young stars. At the heart of this region lies Berkeley 59, a young open cluster containing exceptionally hot and luminous stars. Among them is BD+66 1673, an extraordinary star with a surface temperature approaching 45,000 Kelvin and a luminosity roughly 100,000 times that of our Sun. An alternative to imaging the entire and very large Question Mark Nebula is a smaller area that forms a distinct region of nebulosity and star formation located within NGC 7822, known as the Teddy Bear Nebula.

For more information and image details please refer to my website here: https://watchthisspaceman.com/2026/11/02/the-teddy-bear/

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NGC 7822 - Teddy Bear Nebula, Somerset October 2026.png (6.5 MB)

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