ASTRO: NGC 1985/CED 57 and vdB 45

NGC 1985/Ced 57 was originally classed as a planetary nebula by William
Herschel when he discovered it. Many afterwards also considered it a
planetary so it is in many planetary catalogs. Today it is classed as a
reflection nebula. Still it shows quite a bit of H alpha pink in my
image. I didn't put a H alpha filter on it. Probably should have. The
field is full of very faint nebula and one "bright" reflection nebula.
vdB 45 is seen around the star HD 245259 in the lower right portion of
my image. I moved NGC 1985 off center to pick this one up. It does
appear to be a true reflection nebula but oddly it is listed in the
galaxy catalogs as UGC 03327 and MCG +05-14-001 and others. Even Zwicky
picked it up as a galaxy, UZC J053640.9+315116.

These nebulae are in Auriga west of M37 and south of M36. The entire
field seems awash in very faint nebulosity. It would be a good
candidate for those who put many hours into an image. Since it contains
a vdB nebula I'm hoping Tom Davis will get it imaged with his new toy.

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB=2x10'x3, STL-11000XM, Paramount ME

Rick
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