Astronomy:Sh 2-140

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Short description: Emission nebula in the Cepheus constellation

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Sharpless 140 is an H II region and emission nebula in the Cepheus constellation,[1] 3,000 light years from the Solar System.[2] It is part of the Cepheus bubble.[3] The surface of the nebula's clouds primarily consists of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ info@noirlab.edu. "Emission Nebula Sh2-140" (in en). https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-sh2-140/. 
  2. ↑ "Stellar Nursery Sharpless 140". https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/image/ssc2004-07a1-stellar-nursery-sharpless-140. 
  3. ↑ "Sh 2-140". http://galaxymap.org/cat/view/sharpless/140. 
  4. ↑ "APOD: 2004 May 20 - Sharpless 140". https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap040520.html. 

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