Dear Friends,

My colleagues and I have discovered and confirmed a "new" hitherto unknown reflection nebula in Cygnus, very well placed for viewing now; I call it "The 4 Cygni Nebula", which is visible in an 8 inch scope. - Steve Waldee

A small reflection nebula coincident with the star 4 Cygni, now well placed for nightly observing, has been confirmed by professional astronomers. It was discovered visually with a 10 inch scope by San Jose amateur astronomer Stephen Waldee in July 2007. A new image by his collaborator, San Jose astrophotographer Al Howard, confirms the traces of it on the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey images.

The star 4 Cygni (at 5th magnitude) is visible to the naked eye in a dark sky, located on the border of Cygnus and Lyra. A professional astronomer at Caltech, Dr. Harold G. Corwin, believes from the evidence that the nebula is "real"--though somewhat commonplace. Details:

http://faintfuzzies.zoomshare.com/fi...ni_nebula.html