Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  HD177347  ·  HD337464  ·  Sh2-85
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Sh2 85, Jerry Yesavage
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Sh2 85

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Sh2 85

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Yet another recast of a Sharpless2 object.  Galaxy Map notes how dim this is, but it comes out with the GHS stretch and the CMOS camera.  3h H-alpha.

Below is 30h H-alpha with my old CCD (Hard to believe I did this):


Sh2 85 A Very Obscure Sharpless2 Object


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From GalaxyMap:

This very faint nebula is ionised by the B3 V star HD 177347.

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 2600 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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Sh2 85, Jerry Yesavage

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