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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Astro-Tech AT10RCT
Imaging camera:Quantum Scientific Imaging QSI 690 WSG-8
Mount:Astro-Physics Mach1AP GTO CP4
Guiding telescope or lens:Astro-Tech AT10RCT
Guiding camera:Starlight Xpress Ultrastar
Focal reducer:Astro-Physics CCDT67
Software:Astro-Physics Command Center (APCC) Pro Software, PixInsight, PHD2, Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro
Accessories:DewBuster Dew Controller, Starlight Instruments Focuser Boss 2 HSM
Resolution: 3388x2712
Dates:July 22, 2018, July 24, 2018
Frames:
Ha 3nm: 10x900" bin 1x1
OIII 3nm: 10x900" bin 1x1
Integration: 5.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 10.85 days
Avg. Moon phase: 83.00%
Astrometry.net job: 2172418
RA center: 334.854 degrees
DEC center: 56.121 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.548 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 359.720 degrees
Field radius: 0.330 degrees
Data source: Backyard
Sharpless 132 (sh2-132) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus and lies some 10000 light years away in the Arm of Perseus along our Milky Way. The stars responsible for ionizing its gases are very hot and massive, including two Wolf-Rayet stars.
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