My first attempt to image this target and it is quite dim.  So while I do have approximately 9 hrs of integration on this target, it would benefit from more time.

I experimented with the OHS palette, but found I preferred the SHO result.  Processed in PixInsight and leaned heavily on Russ Croman's Xterminator line of processing tools (SXT, BXT, NXT).

This was the first target I worked with after the summer heatwave broke, finally getting cool enough at night for the sensor cooler on my camera to reach my preferred/selected temperature of -5dgc.  I started having some issues with guiding during this imaging session (and the next session for M31), that I ultimately cured by process of elimination - eliminating two USB cables that had become a bit intermittent after the temps of summer. 

I already "knew" this answer from past experience and correspondence with Russ Croman, but I decided to try drizzling 2x.  I already knew that StarXterminator does not do well with drizzled images although Russ had said SXT could normally work OK with 1x.  I had also proven this with my own experiments, with other targets that had dense star fields.  Unsurprisingly, I proved this again, so the images posted were not drizzled. 

My composition is offset and turned on its side from the 'normal' compositions created for The Lion Nebula.  That was a deliberate choice on my part as I wanted to include two nearby objects in the image.  They can seen to the left hand side of the image:  The open cluster associated with HD2239886, and the planetary nebula PK103+00.1.

If my mount and focuser return in time from their trip to the manufacturer's for some TLC, I may try to build the data set up this fall/winter.

UPDATE
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There are some new tutorial videos in the PixInsight YouTube channel dealing with some PixelMath algorithms/methods to achieve an improved color calibration with PixelMath.  I gave these a try and like the result I achieved.  In some ways, the post processing was simpler since the color calibration method improved color variation and NB polarization algorithm gave a better balance to the point that the use of color masks to work with the specific color areas wasn't necessary although that could still be used to manipulate specific areas.  In this run through I used a range mask and Curves to push back/clip the very dim dust cloud areas to give a bit more emphasis to the surrounding star field without having to increase its  L level in Curves.

I like this version a bit better than the previous but I do like both of them.  I think this version has a bit more 'pop', but that is going to be a matter of personal preference.

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From the Sky & Telescope online:
Sh2-132 is a faint emission nebula located in the constellation of Cepheus. It can be found on the southern edge of the constellation, near the border with Lizard, along the plane of the Milky Way.

The best time for observing is between July and December, and it is particularly easy to observe for observers in the northern hemisphere. Sh2-132 is located at a distance of almost 3200 parsecs (about 10400 light-years), placing it within the Perseus Arm, in the region of Cepheus OB1, a large and bright OB association. The stars responsible for ionizing its gases are very hot and massive, in particular, two Wolf-Rayet stars with the codes HD 211564 and HD 211853 (the latter having also the code WR 153), in addition to a star of spectral class O8.5V and about ten B-class stars have been identified.

Around the O-class star and one of the Wolf-Rayet stars, an easily visible bubble in the radio wave band extends and is identified as Shell B, probably originating from the stellar wind of the two massive stars. A similar structure, but smaller in size, Shell A, houses a K-class star near its center. It is believed that in the nebula, chain star formation processes have taken place in the past, but currently, there is no trace of recent activity. Nine sources of infrared radiation and a maser with H2O emissions have been identified in the direction of the nebula.