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      LDN-1251
      Wallpaper author:
      Thomas Peter

      20 Mar 2026

      LDN-1251

      LDN 1251, often called the Rotten Fish Nebula or Angler Fish Nebula, is a dense, dusty dark nebula and active star-forming region located about 1,000 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. Part of the Cepheus Flare complex, it features faint, reflective nebulosity, newborn stars, and Herbig-Haro objects, spanning over 25 light-years.

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      Tom

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      LDN-1251

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      Nik Szymanek
      T-16

      LDN-1251