Herschel 57
NGC 1788

Object Type Nebula
Constellation Orion
Magnitude ---
Size 5.0' x 5.0'


Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

Number 57 in the Herschel 400 list is NGC 1788, a small and moderately faint nebula in western Orion, about 2 degrees north of beta eridani. The large extensions of the nebula to the north are not visible in the telescope.