SH2-88 (Sharpless 88 ) Sharpless 88 is fairly bright with some other smaller nebula seen just to the left of the main nebula. The nebula itself does very well with a hydrogen-alpha filter but to get the fainter area around it, you will need a long exposure. The small nebula just to the right of SH2-88 would do well with a larger telescope and these should resolve very well. With a larger field of view, you can easily capture SH2-87 and SH2-88 together as seen on the Web Page Button. For a complete list of the Sharpless Catalog visit my main site at http://www.sharplesscatalog.com

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Taken with the E-180 F/2.8 and the ST-10 XME