Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Canis Major (CMa)  ·  Contains:  16 omi01 CMa  ·  LBN 1052  ·  Sh2-308  ·  The star ο1CMa
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Sh2-308 Dolphin Nebula, Jeff Reitzel
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Sh2-308 Dolphin Nebula

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Sh2-308 Dolphin Nebula, Jeff Reitzel
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Sh2-308 Dolphin Nebula

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This beautiful nebula is located near the center of the constellation Canis Major.  It is a large bubble formed around the Wolf-Rayet star EZ Canis Majoris. This is from data acquired through Telescope Live remote hosting. There is about 7hrs data in this HOO combination. Telescope was a 20 inch newtonian F3.8 astrograpgh. Camera was FLI Proline 16803 with 3nm Ha and Oiii filters.

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Sh2-308 Dolphin Nebula, Jeff Reitzel