Sh2-106, also known as the Celestial Snow Angel, is an emission nebula and a star formation region in the constellation Cygnus. It is a H II region estimated to be around 2,000 ly (600 pc) from Earth, in an isolated area of the Milky Way.
In the center of the nebula is a young and massive star that emits jets of hot gas from its poles, forming the bipolar structure. Dust surrounding the star is also ionized by the star. The nebula spans about 2 light-years across.
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A few words about our team...
Team OURANOS is born in 2023 with the coming together of four sky enthusiasts: Jean-Claude Mario,
Mathieu Guinot,
Matthieu Téqui and
Jean-Baptiste Auroux.
Already very active individually, we decided to pool some of our resources to go even further!
Teamwork during the processing phase, in particular, provides a mutual challenge to deliver even more accomplished images.
For this adventure among the countless fascinating sights the Universe has to offer, we have chosen to name our team after the Greek god Ouranos, primordial deity of the starry sky.
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