Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  The star 136 Tau
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Spaghetti nebula with Sh2-242, GN 05.43.3 and Pu 1 (PK181+00.1), skyborg
Spaghetti nebula with Sh2-242, GN 05.43.3 and Pu 1 (PK181+00.1)
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Spaghetti nebula with Sh2-242, GN 05.43.3 and Pu 1 (PK181+00.1)

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Spaghetti nebula with Sh2-242, GN 05.43.3 and Pu 1 (PK181+00.1), skyborg
Spaghetti nebula with Sh2-242, GN 05.43.3 and Pu 1 (PK181+00.1)
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Spaghetti nebula with Sh2-242, GN 05.43.3 and Pu 1 (PK181+00.1)

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This was my winter 2022/2023 project. I used all my seven clear nights from November 2022 until February 2023 to capture this beautiful target.

Sh2-240, also known as the Spaghetti Nebula, is already almost a standard object, even though it is not easy to capture and to process this faint object. Besides this huge structure, there are three smaller but interesting objects in the image: the H II region Sh2-242, the blue reflection nebula GN 05.43.3 and the planetary nebula PN Pu 1 (PK181+00.1). 

Sh2-242
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Reflection nebula GN 05.43.3
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Planetary nebula Pu 1
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Spaghetti nebula with Sh2-242, GN 05.43.3 and Pu 1 (PK181+00.1), skyborg