SH2-132 SHO (lion nebula) (John Favalessa)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: B369 · Sh2-132

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SH2-132 SHO (lion nebula)

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SH2-132 SHO (lion nebula)

The lion nebula has been on my list for this year as this is such a fabulous area for SHO. I also love the core and the oxygen jet stream. Recently I was inspired by Jian Yuan Pen's stunning image of same here I'm humbled to post my version.

After wasting 7 nights working on my new WO71GT reducer backspace issues, I decided enough for now and pulled out my trusty WO102GT. Images were taken over 5 nights from my backyard Sept 3 through the 8th.

PS - I resurrected by CGEM II to continue working on the 71GT. Had to purchase a lighter countweight. I forgot how much I dislike this mount! painful compared to my CEM70G. Last night I took images without the flattener/reducer. Stars were oblong towards the corners of course, but no coma type smearing/distortion. Tonight I'll try with my old Hotech reducer for comparison. I've ruled out most everything I can think of except the WOF6Aiii.

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RA (center)	22h18m40s.37
RA (top/left)	22h22m29s.32
RA (top/right)	22h23m09s.32
RA (bottom/right)	22h14m41s.48
RA (bottom/left)	22h14m21s.94

Dec (center)	+56°00′39″.7
Dec (top/left)	+55°12′20″.7
Dec (top/right)	+56°45′26″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	+56°48′36″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+55°15′22″.9

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