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Sh2 91, Jerry Yesavage
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Sh2 91

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Sh2 91

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From GalaxyMap:

Sh 2-91, Sh 2-94 and Sh 2-96 are all filaments of the supernova remnant SNR 065.2+05.7, which has a diameter of about 70 parsecs and an age of about 20 thousand years.

Avedisova places Sh 2-91 in the star formation region SFR 64.06+4.42, along with the Footprint nebula.

The image here shows only a small section of this nebula. You can view a larger and more detailed image of this nebula here.

GENERAL NOTE ON SHARPLESS2 OBJECTS>>>>>>>>>>>>>

There are 313 Sh2 objects.  All now imaged.

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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