Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)
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Close up of Sh2-112, Alex Varakin
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This is another collaboration of 2 telescopes - GSO RC10 for Ha and GSO RC8 for rest of the channels. 

Sharpless 112 is a fairly small emission nebula in Cygnus and lies about 5.600 light years from Earth.
The nebula is illuminated by BD+45 3216, the bright star at its center, which is about 30x the size of the Sun.

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Close up of Sh2-112, Alex Varakin