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    Commons has media related to Sh2-279. NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Reflections on the 1970s (2 October 2003) Sharpless 279 at Galaxymap Archived 2020-02-18...
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  • phonetic notation The Running Man Nebula, a reflection nebula embedded in Sh2-279 "Running Man", a song by Hanson on the album The Walk "Running Man", a...
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    as M42 (part of Orion's Sword) M43, which is part of the Orion Nebula Sh2-279 (part of Orion's Sword) NGC 1980 (part of Orion's Sword) Orion molecular...
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    North America Nebula (redirect from Sh2-117)
    listed the two nebulae together in his second list of 313 bright nebulae as Sh2-117. American astronomer Beverly T. Lynds catalogued the obscuring dust cloud...
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    minutes. It lies to the north of the Orion Nebula, separated from it by the Sh2-279 region containing NGC 1973, 1975, and 1977. Some say it looks like an alligator...
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    California Nebula (redirect from Sh2-220)
    The California Nebula (Also known NGC 1499or Sh2-220) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. Its name comes from its resemblance...
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    NGC 281 (redirect from Sh2-184)
    NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky...
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    of Lynds 1641 (orange) and the Orion Nebula (middle circle, white) and Sh2-279 (top circle, white). "LDN 1641". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques...
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    NGC 7380 (redirect from Sh2-142)
    it H VIII.77. The nebula is known as S 142 in the 1959 Sharpless catalog (Sh2-142). It is extremely difficult to observe visually, usually requiring very...
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    Crab Nebula (redirect from Sh2-244)
    observations of the Crab nebula pulsar". The Astrophysical Journal. 283: 279–285. Bibcode:1984ApJ...283..279H. doi:10.1086/162304. Kaufmann, W. J. (1996)...
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