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Sh2-254, 255, 256, 257, and 258

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This group of Sharpless objects forms a complex that typically goes by the Sh2-254 designation because it’s the largest of the bunch. All these objects are about 8,000 light years away in the Orion constellation near its border with the Gemini constellationhttps://www.irida-observatory.org/CCD/Sh2_254/Sh2-254.html.

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Wocial-Martin 1
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The Coma Cluster (Abell 1656 with NGC 4889/Caldwell 35)
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The Jumping Spider – Sh2-36

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