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SH2-261 Lower's Nebula, Andy Elliott
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SH2-261 Lower's Nebula

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SH2-261 Lower's Nebula

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Sh2-261 (Sharpless 261) also known as Lower’s Nebula, being named after the father and son amateur astronomers who discovered it in 1939.This relatively faint nebula in the constellation of Orion, is estimated to be about 3.300 light years away.

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SH2-261 Lower's Nebula, Andy Elliott

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