Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6060  ·  Sh2-73
Sh2-73 Molecular Cloud IFN in Hercules - A Sharpless Mistake, Jarrett Trezzo
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Sh2-73 Molecular Cloud IFN in Hercules - A Sharpless Mistake

Sh2-73 Molecular Cloud IFN in Hercules - A Sharpless Mistake, Jarrett Trezzo
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Sh2-73 Molecular Cloud IFN in Hercules - A Sharpless Mistake

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There's not a whole lot of nebulae to image early in the night this time of year so I bring you this oddball. This was mistakenly included in Sharpless' catalog of HII emission nebulae. It is actually a molecular cloud illuminated by the integrated flux of our galaxy. It has been determined that there is no star formation occurring in this molecular cloud.

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Description: pushed it harder. trade dust signal for nasty stars ;)

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Description: more work on the stars

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Sh2-73 Molecular Cloud IFN in Hercules - A Sharpless Mistake, Jarrett Trezzo