Well, looks like I can get some of the weirder Sharpless 2 Objects I never thought I would see. This was a piece of work to process given the central star and the H-alpha overlapping.
From GalaxyMap:
This combination HII region and reflection nebula is ionised by the B1V class star Pi Scorpii, a member of the nearby Upper Scorpius subgroup of the Sco OB2 association, which forms part of the Gould belt and the inner edge of the Orion spur.
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 312 Sh2 objects and those below 70 and above 283 are low on the horizon and difficult for me to image... this leaves me 212 that are feasible... and I have imaged all of these but the 13 of these are too big for my system. .
This image was the last image taken in the series and I may add some more if I can get closer to the horizon... the first one was taken on December 23, 2013.
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 am steadily reprocessing the older data with more modern techniques.
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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