Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  HD188337  ·  HD188959  ·  HD189002  ·  HD189115  ·  LBN 86  ·  Sh2-63
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Sharpless 2-63 / MBM 159 / LBN 86, Capturing Ancient Photons
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Sharpless 2-63 / MBM 159 / LBN 86

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Sharpless 2-63 or MBM 159 or LBN 86 is an extremely faint dusty nebula categorised as a high galactic latitude molecular cloud poor in ionized gas and lit mainly by reflected starlight. It is located at a distance of 220parsec or about 717 light-years away and lying in the constellation Sagittarius.

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  • Sharpless 2-63 / MBM 159 / LBN 86, Capturing Ancient Photons
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Description: RCAstro BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, StarXTerminator
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Sharpless 2-63 / MBM 159 / LBN 86, Capturing Ancient Photons