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    2006-11-25. Original catalog Illustrated and annotated commentary SIMBAD Sh2 listing Sh2 images Portals: Astronomy Stars Spaceflight Outer space Solar System...
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    North America Nebula (redirect from Sh2-117)
    listed the two nebulae together in his second list of 313 bright nebulae as Sh2-117. American astronomer Beverly T. Lynds catalogued the obscuring dust cloud...
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    VY Canis Majoris (redirect from Sh2-310)
    radio masers discovered. VY CMa is embedded in the large molecular cloud Sh2-310, a large, quite local star-forming H II region—its diameter: 480 arcminutes...
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    Messier 29 or M29, also known as NGC 6913 or the Cooling Tower Cluster, is a quite small, bright open cluster of stars just south of the central bright...
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    NGC 7380 (redirect from Sh2-142)
    it H VIII.77. The nebula is known as S 142 in the 1959 Sharpless catalog (Sh2-142). It is extremely difficult to observe visually, usually requiring very...
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    California Nebula (redirect from Sh2-220)
    The California Nebula (NGC 1499/Sh2-220) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. Its name comes from its resemblance to the outline...
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    Crescent Nebula (redirect from Sh2-105)
    L1014 H II NGC 6914 North America Nebula Pelican Nebula Sadr Region Sh2-101 Sh2-106 Planetary Abell 78 Egg Nebula IRAS 19475+3119 IRAS 20324+4057 Kronberger...
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    NGC 281 (redirect from Sh2-184)
    NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky...
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    Flame Nebula (redirect from Sh2-277)
    The Flame Nebula, designated as NGC 2024 and Sh2-277, is an emission nebula in the constellation Orion. It is about 1350 light-years away. At that distance...
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    L1014 H II NGC 6914 North America Nebula Pelican Nebula Sadr Region Sh2-101 Sh2-106 Planetary Abell 78 Egg Nebula IRAS 19475+3119 IRAS 20324+4057 Kronberger...
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    Cygnus Loop (redirect from Sh2-103)
    L1014 H II NGC 6914 North America Nebula Pelican Nebula Sadr Region Sh2-101 Sh2-106 Planetary Abell 78 Egg Nebula IRAS 19475+3119 IRAS 20324+4057 Kronberger...
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    NGC 7822 (redirect from Sh2-171)
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    Fox Fur Nebula (redirect from Sh2-273)
    Observation data: J2000 epoch Subtype Diffuse + Dark Distance 2,700 ly Constellation Monoceros Designations NGC 2264, Sh2-273 See also: Lists of nebulae...
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    Barnard's Loop (redirect from Sh2-276)
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    Bubble Nebula (redirect from Sh2-162)
    characteristics Radius 3 to 5 ly Notable features Shell around SAO 20575 Designations Bubble Nebula Sharpless 162 (Sh2-162) Caldwell 11 See also: Lists of nebulae...
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  • Thumbnail for Crab Nebula
    Crab Nebula (redirect from Sh2-244)
    7 pc) Absolute magnitude (V) −3.1±0.5[b] Notable features Optical pulsar Designations Messier 1, NGC 1952, Taurus A, Sh2-244 See also: Lists of nebulae...
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  • Thumbnail for Eagle Nebula
    Eagle Nebula (redirect from Sh2-49)
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    Trifid Nebula (redirect from Sh2-30)
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    Omega Nebula (redirect from Sh2-45)
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    Rosette Nebula (redirect from Sh2-275)
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    Lagoon Nebula (redirect from Sh2-25)
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    NGC 6302 (redirect from Sh2-6)
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    Orion Nebula (redirect from Sh2-281)
    Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 29 (169): 143. Bibcode:1917PASP...29..143C. doi:10.1086/122612. Trumpler, Robert Julius (1931)...
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    IC 443 (redirect from Sh2-248)
    IC 443 (also known as the Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 248 (Sh2-248)) is a galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini. On the plane...
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    a subject of research. UW Canis Majoris is part of the giant HII Region Sh2-310 and it along with Tau Canis Majoris which is the brightest member of...
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    Westerhout 5 (redirect from Sh2-199)
    Constellation Cassiopeia Physical characteristics Absolute magnitude (V) 6.5 Designations Sh2-199, LBN 667 - Cluster is IC 1848 See also: Lists of nebulae...
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    NGC 6946 (redirect from Arp 29)
    galaxies "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6946. Retrieved 29 October 2022. Eldridge, J J; Xiao, Lin (2 March 2019). "The distance, supernova...
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    NGC 6334 (redirect from Sh2-8)
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    Simeis 147 (redirect from Sh2-240)
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