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About the Object	Object Name: L1157 Object Type: Young Protostar (sun-like) with a protostellar jet and flattened envelope Position (J2000): RA: 20:39:06 Dec: +68:02:13 Distance: 250 pc Constellation: Cepheus
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Leslie Looney (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Instrument: IRAC Wavelength: 3.6 micron (blue), 4.5 micron (green), and 8 micron (red) Exposure Date: 2006 August 13 Exposure Time: 900 seconds Field of View: 5.9 x 7.2 arcmin Orientation: North is 5.3 deg CW from up Release Date: November 29, 2007
Observers	Leslie Looney (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) John Tobin (University of Michigan) Woojin Kwon (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

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