The Ghost Nebula (Sharpless 136)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , the Ghost Nebula is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 04:27, 55° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:10 (EDT), 21° above your northern horizon.

Name The Ghost Nebula (Sharpless 136)
Object type HII region
Other names
The Ghost Nebula
Sh2- 136[1]
VdB 141[2]
Position
Right ascension:21h16m [1]
Declination:+68°15' [1]
Constellation:Cepheus

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