Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)
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Sh2-240, Mark L Mitchell

Sh2-240

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Sh2-240

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First image with QHY 268M. 4h of Ha and OIII. 45m of RGB for stars. This was processed as HOO_especial.
This supernova remnant in Taurus is 3° in diameter and so dim that it wasn't discovered until 1952. There is a central pulsar, PSR J0538+2817.

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Sh2-240, Mark L Mitchell

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