NGC 2626 consists of a reflection nebula, and emission nebula and a dark (absorption) nebula. It is located in Vela approximately 4200 light years from Earth.
The reflection nebula is primarily illuminated by a B1 star (CD-40 4432) and is ionized by the O8 quadruple star system HD 73882.
Imaged in LRGB on my Planewave CDK 1000, CDK 700 and RiDK 500. The close up is from the CDK 1000, at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image Processing: Mike Selby