Sharpless 202 (Sh2-202) is a large and faint emission nebula in the constellation of Camelopardalis. This region also contains a number of objects from the Lynd’s catalog and projects a elongated dark nebula line running from near center to top-right in this image.
On the left side of the image are Van den Berg 14 and 15. (VdB 14 and Vdb 15), These are reflection nebula located about 2,600 light-years away from us and part of a much larger cloud of gas and dust that makes up the Camelopardalis OB1 association, a big, active star-forming region. These nebulae glow blue from stars associated with each of them lighting up the dust.

Telescope: Planewave Delta Rho 350 f3.0
Mount: Astro Physics 3600GTO “El Capitan”
Camera: ZWO ASI461MM pro / EFW-7
Guider: ZWO OAG-L-68 / ZWO ASI174mm Mini
Filters: Astrodon II 50mm Sq LRGB

L: 164×5 mins = 820 mins, R: 48×5 mins = 240 mins, G: 32×5 mins = 160 mins, B: 42×5 mins = 210 mins

Total Imaging Time: 23h 50m

Data Imaged remotely on 5 nights during December, 2025.
Data acquisition & Processing by David Churchill.

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