From GalaxyMap:
Sh 2-239 is not a HII region but a reflection nebula and a collection of Herbig-Haro objects embedded in the dark cloud LDN 1551. The brightest part of Sh 2-239 is catalogued as the Herbig-Haro object HH 102. It is located near the star T Tauri within the Taurus dark cloud complex, which is inside the Gould belt, our local galactic neighborhood.
JY Note: The RGB did show up but there was a lot better signal in HA.
GENERAL NOTE ON SHARPLESS2 OBJECTS>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I have been on a project for several years now to image all the Sharpless2 Objects that I can see from my location near San Francisco. I chose these because they are visible in light polluted areas. These objects generally represent left over Hydrogen along the edge of the Milky Way that has gotten molded into interesting shapes.
There are 313 Sh2 objects and those below 70 and above 283 are generally too low on the horizon for me to image... this leaves me 213 that are feasible... and I have imaged all of these but 26. 13 of these are too big for my system. So 13 to go.
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.
This is my collection:
Sharpless2Please note there is also a Sharpless2 Group with now more than 1000 examples.
Hope you enjoy these obscure but interesting objects...
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