Sh2-28
August 22, 2026
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Like the guitar tech for Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, Sh2-28 lives out its inconspicuous life in obscurity between the superstar Lagoon Nebula and the pop-legend Trifid Nebula. This image comes from data that I’ve had for a couple of years. But I didn’t realize it contained this entry in the Sharpless catalogue. So I had to dig it out to add to my collection.
D. Russell approximates the distance to Sh2-28 at around 8,150 light years. I can’t find a lot written about Sh2-28 in the literature other than the fact that its original coordinates are incorrect—part of a series of coordinates that Stewart Sharpless recorded incorrectly. So it appears that despite what the overlay shows, Sh2-28 is actually the larger blob on the right rather than the sparsely populated space on the left.
Image Capture
Location:
Deep Sky West
Camera:
Total integration: 32h 14m
Integration per filter:
- R: 4h 47m (99 × 180")
- G: 4h 42m (94 × 180")
- B: 4h 45m (95 × 180")
- Hα: 5h 20m (64 × 300")
- S2: 5h 15m (63 × 300")
- O3: 7h 15m (87 × 300")
Coordinates: 18h 2m 11s · -23° 32′ 44″
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