instrument. We created maps at these two spectral bands with a 4’$\times$4’ beam. The VR is clearly visible on the 100$\mu$m map shown in Fig. 1. A similar 100$\mu$m map based on IRAS observations, and where this feature is also visible, was reproduced already by Leggett (1987) as their Plate 2. The enhanced IRAS resolution relative to COBE/DIRBE allows a good morphological evaluation of the FIR feature. In addition to the north-westerly extension of the FIR emission, along the IRAS scan direction, one sees an arc-like distribution of emission, which could be interpreted as forming an elliptical ring. Note that the feature is visible only on the 100$\mu$m map (shown in Figure 1) and is not seen on the 60$\mu$m map, or on those at even shorter wavelengths (not shown here).

Although the low resolution COBE/DIRBE maps seem to indicate that the FIR emission is arranged in a ring, with low FIR at the center and high emission on its perimeter, the higher resolution IRAS maps show that this is not the case. The FIR emission is distributed in an open configuration, with a region of low emission centered on $\sim12^h30^m$, +13$^{\circ}$.2. The FIR emission could best be described as 