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Dust on dust

Lynn Hilborn from Grafton, Ontario

The origin of the reflection nebula vdB 9 in Cassiopeia is the Cepheid variable star SU Cas; its blue light is reflected by surrounding dust, which are themselves partially shrouded by thicker dust clouds. This image represents 5 hours of exposure on an 8-inch scope in RGB filters.