Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Vulpecula (Vul)
Sharpless 2-88, Maxim Usatov
Sharpless 2-88
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Sharpless 2-88

Sharpless 2-88, Maxim Usatov
Sharpless 2-88
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Sharpless 2-88

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Also known as the Face of God Nebula, Sharpless 2-88 lies in the constellation of Vulpecula at a distance of 6,523 ly from Earth. It is part of the Vulpecula OB1 association. M. Schuster provides a comprehensive overview of the region. It was obtained with the A1 telescope installed at the Alnitak Remote Observatory in Nerpio, Spain:
  • 0.43 m PlaneWave CDK17 f/6.8 Corrected Dall-Kirkham Telescope
  • Software Bisque Paramount ME German Equatorial Mount
  • Moravian Instruments C3-61000 Pro, Back-Illuminated CMOS Camera
  • Chroma 50 mm filters (5 nm narrowband)
  • FLI CenterLine CL-1-14 12+2-position Dual Color Filter Wheel
  • Optec Sagitta Off-Axis Guider with ASI174MM Guide Camera

Acquisition software: DC-3 ACP, MaximDL Pro, TheSky X
Processing software: DeepSkyStacker, PixInsight, RC Astro BlurXTerminator and NoiseXTerminator, GIMP.

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Sharpless 2-88, Maxim Usatov