| Sh2-27 / Diffused Nebula, type 6 E |
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| R.A. | 16h 35m (Rough position) |
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| Dec. | -10° 30' (Rough position) |
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| Apparent Size | about 660×540' |
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| Real Size | 80 light yrs. |
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| Magnitude | - |
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| Distance | 550 light yrs. |
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| Other IDs | LBN 24, Gum73 |
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A gigantic and round diffused nebula is spread around zeta Oph, which marks a foot of Serpent Holder.
Of course the nebula is invisible for our naked eyes.
We can see the nebula only on long exposed films under good conditioned sky with medium-ranged telephoto lenses like the Angelfish nebula in Orion.
Many sky atlases have forgotten to record the shape of this nebula, it can be said that the nebula is not well known.
And the nebula was discovered after astrophotography has been developed, has no major catalogue numbers.
Though it's getting harder and harder to capture it under recent terrible light pollution year after year,
this picture shows you some complicated structures of lanes of dark nebulae and various shading.
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