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Sh2-180, John Bozeman

Sh2-180

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Sh2-180

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Sh2 -180 is a visible emission nebula in the Cassiopeia constellation. It is located in the northwestern part of the constellation, about 2 ° to ENE of the star κ Cassiopeiae. Being at a distance of about 6100 parsecs (about 19900 light years), Sh2-180 finds itself on the Swan's Arm, beyond the large complexes linked to the OB associations visible in Cassiopeia, which almost all fall into the innermost Arm of Perseus. LS I +62 139, a main sequence blue star with spectral class O7.5V, is believed to be responsible for the ionization of its gases; estimates of its distance indicate for this star a value of 5150 ± 1300 parsecs, that although it is smaller than the estimate of 6100 parsecs, it is not much at odds with it given the considerable margin of uncertainty. Beyond these data, the nebula seems to have been little studied and its filamentous appearance, which resembles that of a supernova remnant, raises other questions.

12 micron IR data from the WISE All Sky Survey. Processed with FITS Liberator, PixInsight and Photoshop 2022.

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Sh2-180, John Bozeman