From Dean Salman's www.sharplesscatalog.com:

Sh2-174 ranks as the most northern Sharpless objects at 81 degrees north. Sh2-178 very close to Polaris is most likely part of the galactic dust cloud above is just to the north of Sh2-174.

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Scope: AP155EDF w 4" FF and FocusBoss II motorized focuser
Camera: Moravian G4 (16803 ccd) with Astrodon Gen II LRGB filters
Mount: Paramount MX
42 x 20 minutes in H-Alpha
30 x 20 minutes in SII and OIII
13/14/12 x 10 minutes of R/G/B

Lucknow, Ontario, Canada June 2026

Images acquired using TSX and CCD-Commander
Bulk of processing in PixInsight then finishing touches in Photoshop CC