Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  Sh2-132
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Sharpless 132, Gabe Shaughnessy
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Sharpless 132

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Sharpless 132

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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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