Friday, October 31, 2008

SH2-254

Sharpless SH2-254 is the central large Nebula in the photo. In addition to this are Sharpless objects SH2-256, SH2-257, Sh2-255 and SH2-258 located above SH2-254. SH2-259 is located on the far left of the picture as the small hazy patch of light. For additional reading on the Sharpless objects refer to Dean Salmon's site.


Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST200XM
Filters Astrodon Ha
Dates: October 20 through October 31, 2008
Location: Roswell, Georgia

Exposure Details
Ha = 615 Minutes

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