Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
LDN1217 - VdB152 Wolf's Cave Nebula, Dennis Kaiser
LDN1217 - VdB152 Wolf's Cave Nebula
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LDN1217 - VdB152 Wolf's Cave Nebula

LDN1217 - VdB152 Wolf's Cave Nebula, Dennis Kaiser
LDN1217 - VdB152 Wolf's Cave Nebula
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LDN1217 - VdB152 Wolf's Cave Nebula

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This is the Wolf's Cave Nebula in Cepheus.  Wolf's Cave was first discovered photographically by August Kopff, an assistant to Max Wolf, and announced by Wolf in 1908 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. It lies at a distance of about 1,400 ly from Earth.

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LDN1217 - VdB152 Wolf's Cave Nebula, Dennis Kaiser