Astronomy Picture Of The Day: Pictured here is the large Lacerta Nebula!

 

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Βlack Hole

The large Lacerta Nebula! It is one of the largest nebulae in the sky. The angular size of the large Lacerta Nebula is nearly the same as that of the Andromeda Galaxy; located in the constellation Lacerta, it is cataloged as Sharpless 126 (Sh2-126). This emission nebula is difficult to spot with wide-field binoculars because it is very faint, yet it is also hard to view through a large telescope because its angular size spans three degrees.