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Sh2-157/C11   The Lobster and the Bubble, Steve Argereow
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Sh2-157/C11 The Lobster and the Bubble

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Sh2-157/C11   The Lobster and the Bubble, Steve Argereow
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Sh2-157/C11 The Lobster and the Bubble

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Description

Sh2-157  The Lobster Claw Nebula and C11 The Bubble Nebula

This nebula's Distance from Earth is about 8100 light years and the central emission
area, Sh2-157, has an angular dimension about 60x60 arc minutes. (Full Moon is about
30 arc minutes wide.) The shape of the nebula is coursed by a stellar wind, a radiation
pressure, from several massive young stars.  The Bubble is 9,000 light-years.

I did get some elongation of stars at the edges which I believe is caused by
 using 1.25" filters and a filter wheel vs a 2" filters.


Telescope:   Meade 6000 80mm  APO Refractor  f/6.0  (480mm Focal Length)
Meade X0.8 Reducer f/4.8  (385mm Focal Length)
Mount  IOptron CEM40
Camera ZWOASI6200MC-Pro  Temp -10C, Binning 1 x 1, Gain 100 Offset 50     
ZWO  EFW

94 X 300 Second Exposures W/Optolong L-Extreme Filter  (6nm)
30 Dark Frames/20 Flats
Total Integration Time: 7 Hours  50 Minutes
Acquisition with SharpCap
Stacked with Astro Pixel Processor
Stacked  with Deep Sky Stacker
Stacked with AutoStakkert
Guiding PHD2
Processed with Astra Image
Photo taken from Seven Lakes, NC  Bortle 4.5

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