NGC 2626

NGC 2626
Reflection nebula
	Atlas Image mosaic of NGC 2626, which, at a distance of about 1 kpc (3300 light years), is primarily reflecting the light from the bright blue (B1-type) 10th-magnitude star, CD-40° 4432, which is embedded in it.
Observation data:J2000epoch
Right ascension	08h35m32s
Declination	−40° 40′ 18″
Distance	3900 ± 1110ly(1200 ± 340pc)
Apparent dimensions (V)	5.0′× 5.0′
Constellation	Vela
Designations	NGC2626, Ced 106h, GN 08.33.7, VdBH 17
	See also:Lists of nebulae

NGC 2626is areflection nebula,emission nebula,andabsorption nebulain the constellationVela.^[4]^[5]It is mostly illuminated by B1 starCD-40 4432and ionized by the O8 quadruple star systemHD 73882,together with other stars.

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This image has been produced using observations made at the SMARTS 0.9-meter Telescope at theCerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory(CTIO)^[6]

^^a ^b"NGC 2626".SIMBAD.Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.Retrieved11 August2017.
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^Seligman, Courtney."New General Catalogue objects: NGC 2600 - 2649".cseligman.com.Retrieved11 August2017.
^Mueller, Kaisa; Graham, John A (November 2000). "Young Stars Associated with the Reflection Nebula NGC 2626".Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.112(777): 1426–32.Bibcode:2000PASP..112.1426M.doi:10.1086/317705.JSTOR 10.1086/317705.S2CID 121268925.
^Harvey, J.; Mazlin, S.; Verschatse, D.; Perez, J. J. (September 2014). "Rarely Imaged".Astronomy:89.
^"A Vista of NGC 2626 with the SMARTS 0.9-meter Telescope".RetrievedApril 20,2021.

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