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August 31, 2010

Sharpless 2-112

This emission nebula was cataloged by astronomer Stewart
Sharpless as #112 in his list of 313 such nebula located north
of declination -27 degrees. It is located near the bright star
Deneb in the constellation Cygnus. The nebula is about 5500
light years from earth.

Image data:
Camera: SBIG ST-4000XCM
Exposure: 2 1/2 hours (15 minutes x 10)
Telescope: 10" Schmidt-Newtonian, Baader MPCC


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