NGC 5367

NGC 5367 is a reflection nebula around 2500 light years away in Centaurus.

It is embedded in the Cometary Globule CG 12 and lit by a double star H4636 which are type B4 and B7 stars.

Cometary globules are interstellar clouds with comet-like morphology, consisting of compact, dusty, and opaque heads and long, faintly luminous tails.

Reflection nebulae are clouds of gas and dust that reflect the light from nearby stars. The starlight scatters through the gas and dust like a flashlight beam shining on mist in the dark and illuminates it.

Imaged in LRGB on our Planewave CDK 700 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.

Image Processing: Mark Hanson and Mike Selby

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Mike & Mark