Nebula SH2-64 in Serpens

by: Tom Davis/Novapix
Reference: a-neb85-06400
Date: 2009-12-06

Sh2-64 is number 64 in a catalog of 313 HII (emission nebulae) regions published by Stewart Sharpless in 1959. This cataog was intended to be comprehensive north of -27 degrees declination. Sh2-64 is the emission (red) nebula just left of center. The reflection nebulosity is of an unknown catalog.

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