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Sh2-27
Sh2-27 — Zeta Ophiuchi Nebula
Emission Nebula
· OphiuchusAdvanced
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Target information
- Object type
- Emission Nebula
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Right ascension
- 16h 37m 10s
- Declination
- -10° 34′ 12″
- Magnitude
- Not recorded
- Angular size
- 600′ × 480′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Best months
- April, May, June, July, August
- Catalog IDs
- Sh2-27
About this target
Extremely large faint HII region around Zeta Ophiuchi. Dimensions are an approximate wide-field imaging footprint.