LDN 1622 (APOD 11 May 2007)

brbear1 · Post by **brbear1** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:26 am

Two questions about the star that is bi-sected in the center right edge of today's APOD: 1.) what is it's name and 2.) is the faint curving line I see just to the right of the photo's center evidence of a bow shock between LDN 1622 and the unnamed star?

NoelC · Post by **NoelC** » Mon May 14, 2007 7:12 pm

The star is 56 Orion, and to be honest I can't tell you whether that's a bow shock or simply a curved front on one of the huge gas clouds that make up the Orion Nebula Complex. I wondered the same thing when I was creating the image.

These images may help with identifying the 1 degree square field of view (small red square). Click on the images to see larger images.

-Noel