Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  10 Cas  ·  PK118+02.1  ·  Sh2-170  ·  The star 10Cas
SH2-170 Small Rosette Nebula, Sergiy_Vakulenko
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SH2-170 Small Rosette Nebula

SH2-170 Small Rosette Nebula, Sergiy_Vakulenko
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SH2-170 Small Rosette Nebula

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The Small Rosette Nebula (Sharpless 170) is a small, rarely photographed emission nebula witn en embedded cluster of stars in the constellation Cassiopea. SH2-170 is located in the Perseus arm of our galaxy, about 7,500 light years away from Earth. In its center is a small, young cluster of stars, Stock 18. The bright star in the center of the nebula ionizes the surrounding hydrogen gas and causes the nebula to glow.

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SH2-170 Small Rosette Nebula, Sergiy_Vakulenko