Keywords: Ngc2626atlas.jpg en Atlas Image mosaic of NGC 2626 which at a distance of about 1 kpc 3300 light years is primarily reflecting the light from the bright blue B1-type 10th-magnitude star CD -40°4432 which is embedded in it The star is seen toward the center of and appears to be blended with another star in the 2MASS image The infrared-bright jet-like nebula seen north of the blue star is the Herbig-Haro object HH 132 emanating from the bright infrared source IRAS 08337-4028 The bright star east and a bit north of CD -40°4432 is the pulsating variable star EM Velorum a possible intermediate-mass Herbig Ae star The bright star at the top of the 2MASS image is IRAS 08338-4022 Mueller Graham 2000 PASP 112 1426 based on optical narrow-line imaging have identified a number of H-bright sources in the field which they associate with lower-mass young K-type dwarfs some of which may be T Tauri stars IRAS 08337-4028 is most likely an embedded forming star but the 2MASS image reveals a number of other young stellar objects as well embedded in the dark cloud immediately north of NGC 2626 and elsewhere in the reflection nebula Field size 12 0´ × 12 0´ http //www ipac caltech edu/2mass/gallery/images_hii html 2MASS project Image mosaic by S Van Dyk IPAC PD-USGov-NASA 2MASS Atlas image NGC 2626 |