Sh2-87  -  Wide Field

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Object identification (1.7MB)

Image with 12" Newtonian (f=1120mm)

Object data of Sh2-87
Object type: emission nebula (HII region)
Size:  
Magnitude:  
Constellation: Vul
Distance: 7,500 Ly
   
Notes: Sharpless 87 is a complex star-forming region at a distance of 7,500 light years.

Many objects can be identified in the above image:

  • Open clusters: Czernik 41, Teutsch 7, Roslund 2
  • Emission nebulae: Sh2-87, Sh2-88, LBN 137, LBN 138
  • Dark nebula LDN 791
  • Bluish nebula near Roslund2 (maybe IRAS 19433+2346)

Exposure data
Date: 2010-09-05 + 06  +  2010-10-07 + 08 + 10 + 11
Location: Nussbach / Austria (400m)
Telescope: TeleVue NP101 (4" Apo f=540mm)
Camera: EOS1000D (ISO400)
Mount: WAM 650
Exposure time: 107x6m
Exposure time total: 10h 42m
Notes:  

 

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