Oct 24, 2021

LBN 576 in H alpha - Oxygen III - RGB

LBN 576 (also known as Abell 85 and CTB 1) is a large supernova remnant in Cassiopeia.

It was initially catalogued by George Abell as a planetary nebula, but it soon became clear that it was an SNR. It was also recognized as a radio source and thus given the designation CTB 1... Read more