Abell 85, Sh2-170 and Sh2-173 (Göran Nilsson)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas) · Contains: 10 Cas · 12 Cas · 9 Cas · LBN 576 · LBN 577 · LBN 592 · LBN 593 · LDN 1260 · LDN 1263 · LDN 1276 · LDN 1277 · LDN 1278 · LDN 1279 · LDN 1280 · LDN 1281 · LDN 1282 · LDN 1283 · LDN 1284 · LDN 1285 · NGC 103 · PK116+00.1 · PK119+00.1 · Sh2-170 · Sh2-172 · Sh2-173 · The star 10Cas · The star 12Cas · The star 9Cas

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Abell 85, Sh2-170 and Sh2-173

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Abell 85, Sh2-170 and Sh2-173

Here is a wide field image of some more or less well known nebulae in Cassiopeia, I am not sure if the rather faint Abell 85 (LBN576) has a popular name but the two Sharpless objects are known as the Little Rosette Nebula (Sh2-170) and The Phantom of the Opera Nebula (Sh2-173).

This is a two-panel mosaic taken with my dual RASA rig on Chrismas day (one panel before and one panel after midnight). The moon was partly up but the NBZ filter handled that quite well. To Sh2-170 and Sh2-173 I have added about 50% refractor data that I took about a year ago.

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Celestron RASA
Abell Planetary Nebula

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RA (center)	00h10m31s.64
RA (top/left)	23h54m43s.72
RA (top/right)	23h49m35s.73
RA (bottom/right)	00h24m08s.77
RA (bottom/left)	00h33m00s.30

Dec (center)	+63°03′28″.1
Dec (top/left)	+65°07′57″.4
Dec (top/right)	+61°50′44″.10
Dec (bottom/right)	+60°53′22″.10
Dec (bottom/left)	+64°02′57″.8

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