Observation by Peter Hannah: Sharpless SH2-69

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Peter Hannah

Observer

Peter Hannah

Observed

2020 Oct 21 - 00:00

Uploaded

2021 May 21 - 11:25

Objects

Sharpless 69

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Constellation

Aquila

Field centre

RA: 18^h44^m
Dec: +00°09'
Position angle: -31°00'

Field size

0°43' × 0°43'

Equipment

Planewave CDK14 on 10Micron GM2000 mount
FLI Proline P09000 CCD camera
Astrodon LRGB and H-alpha (3 nm) filters

Location

IC Astronomy hosted site, Oria, Spain

Target name

Sharpless SH2-69

Title

Sharpless SH2-69

About this image

Sharpless SH2-69 is a faint H-II region in Aquila. Requiring deep H-alpha imaging to bring out the detail, long exposures reveal it to be wreathed in fainter nebulosity.

The image has also picked up two faint planetary nebulae, both appearing as red blobs because of the dominance of the H-alpha signal in the image. Directly above SH2-69 is PN G032.5+01.5, 33” in diameter, while on the right is PN G031.7+01.7, smaller at 10” diameter. No magnitudes appear in the literature but I estimate both to be around 16.5. Exposed mainly in H-alpha (37.5 hours) with 4 hours each in LRGB for the stars.

Files associated with this observation

SH2_69.jpg (1.8 MB)

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