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Nebula SH2-64 in Serpens

author: Tom Davis/Novapix

reference: a-neb85-06400

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 22 cm

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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2009 - ASTRONOMY - EMISSION NEBULA - NEBULA - REFLECTION NEBULA - SERPENS - SH2-64 - STAR -