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Van Den Bergh Reflection Nebula Catalog

(vdB)
(catalog of reflection nebulae found in POSS plates)

The Van Den Bergh Catalog of Reflection Nebulae (abbreviated vdB) is a list assembled by Sidney van den Bergh in the 1960s of bright nebulae found on plates of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS). A few of the reflection nebulae are co-located with open clusters that are often referred to by these reflection nebula designators, e.g., open cluster vdB 130.


(catalog,nebulae)
Further reading:
https://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/Catalog_VdB.htm
https://www.astrobin.com/users/GaryI/collections/977/
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/403257-reflection-nebulae-in-the-vdb-catalog/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1966AJ.....71..990V/abstract
PrefixExample  
van den Berghvan den Bergh 26 
vdBvdB 26 

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