BFS 17, another HII region and Kronberger 23, an open cluster, is located to the left of Sh2-156.
BFS 16 and DG 189 are the HII and reflection nebulae located at the top right of the image.
The field is obscured by
Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours
Imaged October 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th, 2020 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at
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Dan