Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aquila (Aql)  ·  Contains:  PK036-01.3  ·  Sh2-72
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Sh2 72 HA RGB, Jerry Yesavage
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Sh2 72 HA RGB

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Sh2 72 HA RGB

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Description

Strong signal for a Sh2 object. Looks a bit like an Oak Leaf to me, but as far as I can tell is unnamed.

From: http://galaxymap.org/cat/view/sharpless/72

This relatively large HII region might be ionised by the B0.5 IV star BD +2 3762 according to Forbes, but this is uncertain.

This nebula is prominent at radio frequencies as can be seen in this Effelsberg image and this VLA image and lies at the centre of a faint infrared ring as can be seen in MSX.

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