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Sh2-308
Sh2-308 — Dolphin Head Nebula
Emission Nebula
· Canis MajorAdvanced
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Target information
- Object type
- Emission Nebula
- Constellation
- Canis Major
- Right ascension
- 6h 54m 13s
- Declination
- -23° 55′ 42″
- Magnitude
- Not recorded
- Angular size
- 40′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Best months
- December, January, February, March
- Catalog IDs
- Sh2-308;RCW 11;LBN 1052
About this target
Faint Wolf-Rayet wind-blown shell around WR 6 (EZ Canis Majoris), especially prominent in OIII. Approximate imaging footprint 40 arcmin.
Recommended telescopes
TS-Optics
1016mm f/4.0 · 254mm aperture
Frames 50% of APS-C FOV