Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  LBN 970  ·  LBN 971  ·  LBN 972  ·  LBN 973  ·  Sh2-280
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Sh2 280, Jerry Yesavage
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Sh2 280

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Sh2 280

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Description

New data with traditional blue and gold processing.

Prior Ha effort:

Sh2 280 H-Alpha RGB


From GalaxyMap:

The HII region Sh 2-280 appears to be located near or at the edge of the Rosette molecular cloud. Avedisova suggests two possible ionising stars, the O7 HD 46573 and the B0 III giant HD 46847. A 1981 paper also states that the ionising star for this HII region is HD 46573. HD 46573 may be an outlying star of the NGC 2244 cluster, which ionises Sh 275, the Rosette nebula.

GENERAL NOTE ON SHARPLESS2 OBJECTS>>>>>>>>>>>>>

There are 313 Sh2 objects.  As of the date of this image I had imaged all 313 (100%). 

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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Title: Dynamic PixelMath Color

Description: Alternative color scheme using this method:

From Sh2 236 (IC 420) Tadpoles Dynamic PixelMath Color

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