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SH2-88
Vulpecula
Penryn, California
July 2003
FS-128G (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME HaRGB  5 minutes each

Sharpless 2-88 is a faint HII emission nebula in Vulpecula.   The two bright knots below right are H1 regions (Sh2 - 88B1 and B2) associated with a slowly expanding ISM bubble being formed by the nearby bright star (Cappa, et.al).