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| Stewart Sharpless |
6200 light years away is this emission nebula. It is numbered 54 in Sharpless' second catalogue of 1959. It contains high mass young stars whilst the older stars have an age of between 5 and 6 million years.
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| bright nebula sh2-54 in serpens 700d on nt150s 22x5min @ ISO800 |