BD+50 886 (NGC 1491) [#2325607]
This system is located at:
-4907.96875
/ -164.53125
/ -8711.21875
Galactic coordinates:
R: 10.000,028 / l: 150,603 / b: -0,943
Equatorial coordinates:
Right ascension: 4h 3m 20,745s /
Declination: 51° 18'53,078''
Habitable zone:
Metal-rich body (21 to 24.863 ls), Earth-like world (391.399 to 587.027 ls), Water world (320.947 to 1.242.969 ls), Ammonia world (812.073 to 2.209.722 ls), Terraformable (304.851 to 608.275 ls)
Estimated value: 1.822 cr
This system was visited for the first time on EDSM by El-Thorgrin.
It was named by the Galactic Mapping Project with the name of: NGC 1491
229 ships passed through BD+50 886 space, including 0 ship in the last 7 days.
0 ship passed through BD+50 886 space in the last 24 hours.
NGC 1491 (also designated SH2-206 and LBN 704) is a bright pinkish emission nebula and HII region, located on the edge of a vast cloud region of neutral gas, about 10,700 light-years away in the Formidine Rift.
The blue 11.22 magnitude star, BD +50 ° 886, is illuminating the nebula while its strong stellar wind is “blowing” a bubble in the gas that immediately surrounds it. The intense radiation from the star is also eroding the gas clouds surrounding it.
The entire nebula is quite irregular with a subtle bite cut out of the nebulosity from the east side that creates a darker hollow, and a high surface brightness region preceding the star. A faint, elongated haze extends from this patch to the northeast past the star giving an elongated appearance.
