Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  11 Aur)  ·  11 mu. Aur  ·  15 Aur)  ·  15 lam Aur  ·  20 Aur  ·  20 rho Aur  ·  IC 406  ·  LBN 768  ·  LBN 769  ·  LBN 778  ·  LBN 781  ·  NGC 1857  ·  Sh2-223  ·  Sh2-224  ·  Sh2-225  ·  Sh2-227  ·  The star Alhiba I (μ Aur  ·  The star Alhiba II (λ Aur  ·  The star ρ Aur
Sh2-223, Sh2-224, Sh2-225 & Sh2-227 in Auriga, Jan Scheers
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Sh2-223, Sh2-224, Sh2-225 & Sh2-227 in Auriga

Sh2-223, Sh2-224, Sh2-225 & Sh2-227 in Auriga, Jan Scheers
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Sh2-223, Sh2-224, Sh2-225 & Sh2-227 in Auriga

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SHO-image of Sharpless 223, 224, 225 and 227 in the constellation Auriga.

Sh2-224 is a very faint supernova remnant at distance of about 14700 light years (in the Perseus arm of the Milky Way).
Sh2-223, Sh2-225 and Sh2-227 are faint emission nebulae, H II regions.

This SHO-image is acquired with the Takahashi FSQ-106ED refractor and FLI PL16803 camera from Telescope Live in IC Astronomy Observatory, Oria, Spain.

Total integration time 360 minutes
SHO: 12 sub-frames of 600s with each narrowband filter.
Dataset Telescope Live.

Processing with PixInsight (using AutoIntegrate script), StaXTerminator, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and NoiseXTerminator plug-ins.

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Sh2-223, Sh2-224, Sh2-225 & Sh2-227 in Auriga, Jan Scheers