Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)
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Sharpless 115, Christer Strandh
Sharpless 115
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Sharpless 115

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Sharpless 115, Christer Strandh
Sharpless 115
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Sharpless 115

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Sharpless 115 just north and west of Deneb, the alpha star of Cygnus the Swan in planet Earth's skies. Noted in the Stewart Sharpless (as Sh2-115) the faint but lovely emission nebula lies along the edge of one of the outer Milky Way's giant molecular clouds, about 7,500 light-years away. This image captured the light of ionized atoms of hydrogen and false colored in red.

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Sharpless 115, Christer Strandh

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