A Japanese flaming demon mask (SH2-132 The Lion Nebula) (Obdulio Garcia-Nicolas)

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A Japanese flaming demon mask (SH2-132 The Lion Nebula)

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A Japanese flaming demon mask (SH2-132 The Lion Nebula)

October began with some clear skies, allowing me to collect some photons on SH2-132, also known as The Lion Nebula. I decided to photograph it in a rather unusual frame orientation, which resulted in it resembling a Japanese flaming demon mask; at least to my eye. I think I managed to collect enough light (over 66h of total integration) to reveal some details of the gas and dark cloud structures. I chose to do a dynamic blending of the SHO that helps to highlight the faint SII signal, depicted in golden color.

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Description: I am redoing my whole processing pipeline, and I think I am getting to the point where I can keep as many details as possible; quite an improvement from the previous version. Planning to redo the whole collection.
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Description: Forax palette (Dynamic blending) as described by Paulyman Astro

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RA (center)	22h17m19s.562
RA (top/left)	22h16m42s.248
RA (top/right)	22h26m45s.616
RA (bottom/right)	22h17m59s.999
RA (bottom/left)	22h08m06s.525

Dec (center)	+55°57′53″.87
Dec (top/left)	+54°35′01″.33
Dec (top/right)	+56°24′14″.63
Dec (bottom/right)	+57°20′46″.39
Dec (bottom/left)	+55°28′55″.10

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