Sharpless 84

Posted by dcrowson
on Saturday, February 20, 2021
Sharpless 84 (LBN 131 and others) is a HII area possibly ionized by a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 128, HD 187282, HIP 97456 and others). The nondescript star is below and to the right of the brightest part of the nebula.

* del Sge (HIP 97365) is the bright star near the center on the right. This one actually has a van den Bergh designation (vdB 127) but doesn’t appear to have any nebulosity.

Ha – 24x1800s – 720 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

840 minutes total exposure – 14 hours

Imaged from Dardenne Prairie, Missouri (a red zone) over six nights in July, August and September, 2019 with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at f/6.7 603mm.

HaRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/50964257286/sizes/l/
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