Celestial Snow Angel
2,000 light years
1946
S106, M 1-99
Sh2 -106, Sharpless 2-106, or shortly S106 is a compact H II region in the constellation Cygnus. A newly arisen star called S106 IR in the center, even obscured by dust has caused the hourglass - like shape and the turbulence visible in it.
The bipolar nebula was discovered by Rudolph Minkowski in 1946, while he searched through the sky for planetary nebulae. Since S106 is not exhibiting the characteristic spectrum of light, he saw him under peculiar objects. Stewart Sharpless discovered him regardless of 1959 on photographic plates of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.
Swell
- Swan ( constellation )
- H II region