The Sharpless Catalogue is a collection of 313 emission nebulae and HII regions compiled by American astronomer Stewart Sharpless in 1959. Some of these have subsequently turned out to be planetary nebulae.

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Sh1-89
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Sh2-188
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Sh2-71
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Sh2-215
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Sh2-165 and LDû 13
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Sh2-176 with Elmore 3