Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  LBN 945  ·  LBN 956  ·  LBN 957  ·  LBN 960  ·  LBN 961  ·  LBN 964  ·  LBN 969  ·  LDN 1634  ·  Sh2-278
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SH2-278, Darius Kopriva
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SH2-278

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SH2-278

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This object is a Sharpless emission nebula located in the constellation of Orion at a declination of -6 degrees. This image captures the emission nebula, associated dark nebula, and several faint blue reflection nebulae created by the nearby bright star Rigel.

This nebula has some interesting dark structure to it, which mixes well with the red emission nebula that makes up SH2-278. There is also a fair amount of reflection nebula surrounding the region, so a camera or telescope with a larger field of view should pick up a nice mixture of both types of nebula. However, SH2-278 is somewhat faint, so you will need quite a bit of exposure to obtain a good signal to noise ratio and to produce a clean image.

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SH2-278, Darius Kopriva