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Sharpless	Instrument	Exposure	Camera	Filters
SH2-1	TV Refractor NP 127 F/5.2	4 Hours 30 minutes	STL-11000 XM	Clear, RGB

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Sharpless	Instrument	Exposure	Camera	Filters
SH2-1	TV Refractor NP 127 F/5.2	4 Hours 30 minutes	STL-11000 XM	Clear, RGB

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Sharpless	Instrument	Exposure	Camera	Filters
SH2-1	TV Refractor NP 127 F/5.2	90 Min	STL-11000 XM	Clear

Sharpless	SH2-1
Common Name	Sharpless 1
Constellation	Scorpius
RA	15h 58m
DEC	-26d 7m
Size	150
Shape	Irregular
Brightness	Bright
Object Type	Diffuse Nebula
Type	Emission/Reflection
Other Catalog #	None

This nebula is a very large blue reflection type of nebula with a smaller red emission in the heart of it. Because of the size of it, you need a good field of view to capture it all. This nebula has some HA in it so you can use a hydrogen-alpha filter which should help pick up more contrast. However, this object can be done using standard LRGB filters. To capture the entire nebula I had to rent time from Cherry Mountain Observatory and had David Plesko setup the run for me. NOTE: the RGB was binned 2x2

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