How I discovered the Hummingbird Nebula
Channel: Nebula Photos
Date: 2023-07-12

I share the full story of discovering a faint reflection nebula around the star V374 Cep in the constellation Cepheus that I have named Carver 1 or 'The Hummingbird Nebula.'  Photos on astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/3stv25/ (new!) https://www.astrobin.com/3zm108/ (initial) For those curious about making discoveries themselves, I break down some of the tools one can use for research. See below for links.

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💻 Links for Resources mentioned in the video 💻

Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/accounts/register/?r=NEBULAPHOTOS 
CDS Portal: http://cdsportal.u-strasbg.fr/
ADS: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/
Aladin: https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/
Telescope Live: https://telescope.live/
Spitzer Space Telescope Press: https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/ssc2019-08-nasas-spitzer-captures-stellar-family-portrait