The last one to do in the series... unfortunately it is so large I am afraid nothing much shows up in my FOV... see the "B" FOV from The Sky X or the stars in the Original, which gets a good plate solve. But, the series is done. I will keep upgrading the images as they are the prime objects for me to do from a heavily light polluted area.
From
GalaxyMap:This vast nebula, one of the largest single HII regions known in the Milky Way, is ionised by two multiple star systems (
Tau Canis Majoris and
UW Canis Majoris) each made up of several O-class stars. This image shows only the brightest part of the enormous Sh 2-310 complex.
The intense radiation from the Tau Canis Majoris and UW Canis Majoris star systems has created a cavity in the molecular clouds at the centre of Sh 2-310, which is located beyond the upper right of the image.
Avedisova places Sh 2-310 in the star formation region
SFR 237.25-6.50 with 62 components, including 4 masers, 14 infrared sources and the dark nebulae
LDN 1660 and
LDN 1664.
GENERAL NOTE ON SHARPLESS2 OBJECTS>>>>>>>>>>>>>
There are 313 Sh2 objects. As of the date of this image I had imaged 313 (100%). Last in the series.
Some of the challenges with this series are FOV size and low declination:
There are 11 too diffuse/large to image well with my set up (Sh2 111, 117, 122, 131, 132, 145, 178, 218, 230, 268 and 310). I have imaged the first 6 of these mostly in the Nikon Wide angle shot referenced below and 178 and 230 as part of other images.
There are 5 that are never above 14 DEG (Sh2 2-6) but as of 7/12/21 I can get these now with pier upgrades and the images are completed as best as I can.
Many were taken with my old Tak 180 ED, which had a wide field of view, but was replaced with my Stellarvue 130, which is more narrow field. I have also taken two very wide field HA images with my Nikon D800 and a 50mm lens. I transitioned from my CCD SBIG 8300M to a CMOS ZWO ASI6200M Pro in September 2021.
The first one was taken on December 23, 2013 and the series completed October 17, 2019.This is my collection:
Sharpless2
Wide-Angle Hydrogen Alpha Nikon Image Sh2 79-171
Please note there is also a Sharpless2 Group with now more than 1500 examples.
Sharpless2 Group
Other useful links include:
Gary Imm's Collection
GalaxyMap's Collection
The Sharpless Catalog
The MDW H-alpha Sky Survey
Reiner Vogel's detailed observing catalog
Hope you enjoy these obscure but interesting objects...
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