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The Blue Bat – vdB 24
November 16, 2025
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Powered by the binary star system XY Per, vdB 24 is a variable reflection nebula that lies approximately 1,400 light years away in Perseus.
Its brightness and texture varies on a short timescale of days or weeks based on the relative position of the binary system. It’s surrounded by the dark nebula LDN 1442, which comprises a brownish, frigid interstellar dust and dense clouds of cold hydrogen.
Planewave CDK12.5
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Finder Chart
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Total integration: 41h 9m
Integration per filter:
- Lum/Clear: 6h 18m (126 × 180")
- R: 4h 27m (89 × 180")
- G: 4h 45m (95 × 180")
- B: 4h 39m (93 × 180")
- Hα: 21h (126 × 600")
Coordinates: 3h 49m 12s · +38° 58′ 24″
Image Capture
Location:
Deep Sky West
Camera:
Moravian C5a-100M
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