Sharpless 80 (HII region)

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

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From South El Monte , Sharpless 80 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:36 (PDT), 63° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:08, 72° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:06, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name Sharpless 80
Object type HII region
Other names
Sh2- 80[1]
PN-G 050.1+03.3
Position
Right ascension:19h11m [1]
Declination:+16°51' [1]
Constellation:Sagitta

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