My Astrophotography – Sh2-88

Sh2-88 (Face of God Nebula)

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• The “Face of God Nebula” is an informal photographic nickname rather than an official scientific name.
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• Sh2-88 is the first part of this nebula to have created a star-forming region.
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• It had star formation first start in this large diffuse nebula, which then spread to the other star-forming regions in the nebula.
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• Object Name
  Sh2-88

• Object Type
  Emission Nebula

• Constellation
  Vulpecula

• Magnitude
  n/a

• Distance
  6,800 light-years

• Age
  1½ million years old

• Annotated

Telescope:

Mount:

Accessory:

Sky-Watcher Esprint 80ED Triplet

Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT

ZWO ASIair Plus / PixInsight

Camera:

Guiding:

Filter:

ZWO ASI585MC Pro cooling

ZWO ASI1200MM

2″ Optolong eNhance

• Date:
  Sunday 4th October 2026

• Moonlit:
  Waning gibbous – 23 days old
  Magnitude: -10.4
  Moonlit: 39%

• Total:
  180’s x 25 subs = 1 hour 15 minutes
  

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Sh2-88

Face of God Nebula

Emission Nebula

n/a

6,800 light years / 47 light years across

Vul (Vulpecula / The Fox)

19h 45m 59s

+25° 20′ 00″

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