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Sharpless H II Regions

Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

This database table is derived from data contained in the Sharpless Catalogue of H II regions. The original catalog was published in 1959 in the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (number 41, pages 257- 280). The original card deck was in the 026 punch and this was converted to a 029 deck. Many of the quantities in this version of the catalog were not in the published catalog. The epochs of the precessed equatorial coordinates were determined empirically from the data as given on the computer cards. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
Publisher High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
Maintainer
Identifier ivo://nasa.heasarc/hiiregion
Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
Category Astrophysics
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL ivo://nasa.heasarc/hiiregion
License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 60a7b9f479126da76fcdb20d2ec2fd7245de4042bba94cfade3a47e33ffe1096
Source Schema Version 1.1

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