Sharpless 140 (HII region)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , Sharpless 140 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 04:11, 54° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:25 (EDT), 17° above your northern horizon.
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Sharpless 140
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Object type
HII region
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Visibility from Fairfield
All times shown in Fairfield local time.