Another redo with the effects of Generalized Hyperbolic Stretching seen best in the H-alpha.
Was used both on the H-alpha and O-III.
Images destarred, then denoised, then stretched.
From
GalaxyMap:Sh 2-119 is located near the North American nebula (
Sh 2-117, NGC 7000). Avedisova lists 6 ionising stars. The hottest of these is the O 7.5 III runaway star 68 Cygni (
HD 203064), which was likely blasted out of the Cepheus OB2 association about 5.2 million years ago.
It is also known as HS 240 = [GS55] 240. Good colour images of this nebula can be found
here and
here.
GENERAL NOTE ON SHARPLESS2 OBJECTS>>>>>>>>>>>>>
There are 313 Sh2 objects. As of the date of this image I had imaged 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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