NGC 1555 Hinds Variable Nebula
About
this Object
Discovered by John Russell Hind in 1852, Hinds
varialble nebula is just to the west of the variable star
T-Tauri. T Tauri shines at
magnitude 9-13 and is a fairly young star formed out of the cloud of
dust which surrounds this area. The dust is faintly
visible in the image
just to the north of T-Tauri and extending south to the edge of
the field. NGC 1555 is generally thought to be a reflection
nebula which relects the color of the star T-Tauri. The
dust in this area is slowly being eaten away by radiation from the
star. A
dark hole appears surriounding the star which seems to indicate the
continuation of this process.
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