Galactic Nebula Sh 2-82

Sh 2-82
Sh 2-82: 500 mm Cassegrain 3625 mm f/7.2; SBIG STL11K; 39x10min Lum,8x RGB; Bernese Highlands; © Radek Chromik [32]

History

In 1955 the Russian astronomers Grigory Abramovich Shajn and Vera Fedorovna Gaze at the Simeis Observatory on the Crimean Peninsula published their Gaze-Shajn catalogue of emission nebula. This nebula was there listed as Gaze-Shajn 163. [402]

The American astronomer Stewart Sharpless searched in the 1950-ies the photo plates of the «Palomar Observatory Sky Survey» made with the 48 inch Schmidt telescope and published it in 1959 a catalogue of 313 H-II regions, among them Sh 2-82. In 1965 Beverly T. Lynds added the nebula Sh 2-82 as LBN 053.54+00.04 (LBN 129) in her «Catalogue of Bright Nebulae». [270]

Physical Properties

Data from Simbad [145]
NameSh 2-82
Object TypeHII Region
Right Ascension (J2000.0)19h 30m 15s
Declination (J2000.0)+18° 17' 30"
IdentifiersDG 159; LBN 053.54+00.04; LBN 129; Mol 104; RAFGL 4249; SH 2-82; [B77] 17; [KC97c] G053.6+00.0; [KCW94] 053.605+00.046

Finder Chart

The nebula Sharpess 2-82 is located in the constellation Sagitta. On 14 July it is in opposition to the Sun and culminates at local midnight.

Sagitta: Galactic Nebula Sh 2-82
Finder Chart Galactic Nebula Sh 2-82
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16:40 | 71.7°
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Charts created using SkySafari 6 Pro and STScI Digitized Sky Survey. Limiting magnitudes: Constellation chart ~6.5 mag, DSS2 close-ups ~20 mag. Times are shown for timezone UTC, Latitude 0°, Longitude 0°, Horizon height 5°, Date 2025-11-03. [149, 160]

Objects Within a Radius of 10°

Abell 52
Abell 54
Abell 57
Abell 59
Abell 62
Abell 63
Abell 68
Coathanger Cluster
Collinder 399
Dumbbell Nebula
Messier 27
Messier 71
NGC 6802
NGC 6804
NGC 6813
NGC 6820
NGC 6823
Roslund 3
Sh 2-86
Sh 2-89
Sh 2-90
Vyssotsky 2-2

References