Sharpless 2-205
Emission Nebula & Dark Nebula, Camelopardalis
December 2025. Cave Creek Canyon Observatory, Arizona Sky Village
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Sh2-205 (Sharpless 2-205) and sometimes known as The Peanut Nebula, is an Emission Nebula on the Camelopardalis/Perseus border. It can be located in the lower-right of this image. Several othe objects are located within this image. Upper-left are a number of Barnard Dark nebulae (B8, B9, B11) along with a number of objects cataloged within the Lynd’s catalog of dark and bright nebulae.
Telescope: Askar FRA300pro f5
Mount: Astro Physics Mach-1
Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC pro
Guider: ZWO Off-Axis-Guider / ZWO120MM Mini
Filters: None. Integrated ZWO UV/IR Cut Filter Cover
96×5 mins = 480 mins
Total Imaging Time: 8h 00m
Data Imaged remotely on 3 nights during December, 2025.
Data acquisition & Processing by David Churchill.
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