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Sharpless 2-160

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There are almost no images of this nebula to be found on the web, and a similar lack of real data about the object. Sharpless 2-160 is very faint, somewhat bland, but not completely lacking in interesting structure. It is probably part of the same nebula complex as Sh 2-155 (a.k.a. the Cave Nebula), which is about 2° to the SW.

Takahashi Sky 90 at f/4.5
SBIG STL-4020M (self-guided)
Takahashi EM-200
Hutech LPS filter
H-Alpha: 9x20 minutes
Processed with Maxim/DL and Photoshop CS3
Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools