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    Sh 2-279 (alternatively designated S279 or Sharpless 279) is an HII region and bright nebulae that includes a reflection nebula located in the constellation...
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    Sh 2-308, also designated as Sharpless 308, RCW 11, or LBN 1052, and commonly known as the Dolphin-Head Nebula, is an H II region located near the center...
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    Sh 2-1 Sh 2-2 Sh 2-3 Sh 2-4 Sh 2-5 Sh 2-6 Sh 2-7 Sh 2-8 Sh 2-9 Sh 2-10 Sh 2-11 Sh 2-12 Sh 2-13 Sh 2-14 Sh 2-15 Sh 2-16 Sh 2-17 Sh 2-18 Sh 2-19 Sh 2-20...
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    Sh 2-155 (also designated Caldwell 9, Sharpless 155 or S155, or LBN529) is a diffuse nebula in the constellation Cepheus, within a larger nebula complex...
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    Sharpless 101 (Sh 2-101) is a H II region emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is sometimes also called the Tulip Nebula because it...
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    Sh 2-54 is an extended bright nebula in the constellation of Serpens. In its core there are many protostars and many infrared sources; some of these sources...
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  • Sh 2-2, also known as Sharpless 2, is an emission nebula in the constellation of Scorpius. It appears as a mid-range brightness making it difficult to...
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    Sh 2-106, also known as the Celestial Snow Angel, is an emission nebula and a star formation region in the constellation Cygnus. It is a H II region estimated...
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    Sh 2-1, also known as Sharpless 1, is the combination of a diffuse HII emission nebula and reflection nebula in the constellation of Scorpius with Pi Scorpii...
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    Sh 2-9, also known as Gum 65, is combination emission and reflection nebula in the Scorpius constellation, surrounding the multiple star system Sigma Scorpii...
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    et al. 2005) Radius = distance × sin(angular size / 2) = 3.4 ± 0.5 kly * sin(>3′.0 / 2) = >1.5 ± 0.2 ly 7.1B apparent magnitude - 5 * (log10(1040 ± 160...
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    Sh 2-297 (also known as Sharpless 297) is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The region was catalogued in 1959 in the extended seconded...
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    Vicinity". In Bo Reipurth (ed.). Handbook of Star-Forming Regions: Volume 2 The Southern Sky. Astronomical Society of the Pacific. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-58381-671-4...
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    Barnard's Loop (catalogue designation Sh 2-276) is an emission nebula in the constellation of Orion. It is part of the Orion molecular cloud complex which...
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    Sh 2-201 is an emission nebula in the Cassiopeia constellation. It is in the eastern part of the constellation along the eastern border of the IC 1848...
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    Sharpless 2-88 or Sh 2-88 is a region including the diffuse nebula Sh 2-88A and the two compact knots Sh 2-88B1 and Sh 2-88B2, all of which are associated...
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    million times that of the Sun. The cluster's age has been estimated to be 1–2 million years. The descriptive names reflect impressions of the shape of the...
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    Westerhout 5 (redirect from Sh 2-199)
    Westerhout 5 (Sharpless 2-199, LBN 667, Soul Nebula) is an emission nebula located in Cassiopeia. Several small open clusters are embedded in the nebula:...
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    Sh 2-10, also called RCW 130, is an emission nebula in the Scorpius constellation. "SH2-10". SharplessCatalog.Com. Sharpless Catalog. Retrieved October...
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    of the US State of California in long exposure photographs. It is almost 2.5° long on the sky and, because of its very low surface brightness, it is...
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    Telescope. Sky Publishing Corp. Retrieved 26 August 2020. Jardine, Kevin. "Sh 2-117". Galaxy Map. Retrieved 26 August 2020. Wager, Sara (2016). "The Cygnus...
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    strongly suggesting the idea of an absorption of the nebulous matter; and, 2. The much feebler and smaller knot at the northwestern end of the same branch...
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    and Actively Forming Pre-Main-Sequence Stars". Astrophysical Journal. 607 (2): 904–912. arXiv:astro-ph/0401377. Bibcode:2004ApJ...607..904R. doi:10.1086/383081...
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    Cloud". Astrophysical Journal. 769 (2): 140. arXiv:1303.1226. Bibcode:2013ApJ...769..140Y. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/769/2/140. S2CID 119214676. Townsley, L...
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    Sh 2-1 Sh 2-2 Sh 2-3 Sh 2-4 Sh 2-5 Sh 2-6 Sh 2-7 Sh 2-8 Sh 2-9 Sh 2-10 Sh 2-11 Sh 2-12 Sh 2-13 Sh 2-14 Sh 2-15 Sh 2-16 Sh 2-17 Sh 2-18 Sh 2-19 Sh 2-20...
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  • Thumbnail for Heart Nebula
    The Heart Nebula (also known as the Running Dog Nebula, Sharpless 2-190) is an emission nebula, 7500 light years away from Earth and located in the Perseus...
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    Objects". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023. Megeath, S. T.; et al. (2012). "The Spitzer Space Telescope...
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    observations of the Crab nebula pulsar". The Astrophysical Journal. 283: 279–285. Bibcode:1984ApJ...283..279H. doi:10.1086/162304. Kaufmann, W. J. (1996)...
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    IC 405 (also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229, or Caldwell 31) is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga north of the...
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    Sh 2-1 Sh 2-2 Sh 2-3 Sh 2-4 Sh 2-5 Sh 2-6 Sh 2-7 Sh 2-8 Sh 2-9 Sh 2-10 Sh 2-11 Sh 2-12 Sh 2-13 Sh 2-14 Sh 2-15 Sh 2-16 Sh 2-17 Sh 2-18 Sh 2-19 Sh 2-20...
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