Sh2-215
Awarded Picture of the Day by the Gruppo Astrofili Galileo Galilei (GrAG) apod.grag.org/2020/09/13/new-discovery-sharpless-215-is-a-potential-planetary-nebula-pa-167/
Sharpless 215 has, like other objects in the Sharpless Catalog, been classified as an Ha emission nebula. It is in the constellation of Perseus.
My good friend Dana Patchick recently spotted a hot star apparently located within the nebula, and suggested that it could possibly be a planetary nebula. He proposed that I turn my scopes on it, looking for any OIII emission. Although much fainter than the HII emission, I found a strong OIII signal which is characteristic of planetary nebulae. Dana has registered it as a possible planetary nebula in his catalog as Pa 167.

Following the production of this image a spectrum has been obtained and SH2-215 has been upgraded to be a likely planetary nebula in the HASH (Hong Kong/AAO/Strasbourg H-alpha) planetary nebula database managed by Professor Quentin Parker of the University of Hong Kong.
TARGET
Nomenclature: Sh2-215, Sharpless 215, Pa 167, Patchick 167
Right Ascension: 04:17:26
Declination:  +42:35:58
Size: 4.2x3.5 arc min
Discovery: Stewart Sharpless 1953
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
5nm H-Alpha: 61x900 bin 1x1
3nm OIII: 46x1800 bin 4x4
Red: 20x300 bin 1x1
Green: 8x300 bin 1x1
Blue: 9x300 bin 1x1
Total integration: 42.7 hours
Pixel scale: 0.533 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.161 degrees
Capture dates: 20-27 August 2020
Capture location:  Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2