Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
SH2-132 a roaring kitty stuck between Cepheus and Cygnus, Axel
SH2-132 a roaring kitty stuck between Cepheus and Cygnus
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SH2-132 a roaring kitty stuck between Cepheus and Cygnus

SH2-132 a roaring kitty stuck between Cepheus and Cygnus, Axel
SH2-132 a roaring kitty stuck between Cepheus and Cygnus
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SH2-132 a roaring kitty stuck between Cepheus and Cygnus

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SH2-132 also called The Lion Nebula" due to its shape is a faint nebula in Cepheus. It is an extremely low surface gloss emission mist on the boundaries of the constellations of Cepheus and Lacerta. As a member of the Cep OB1 association in the Perseus arm of our galaxy, its distance is around 10,000 light-years. The Wolf-Rayet star in the object is responsible for the ionizing of radiant hydrogen and oxygen gas clouds.

Source: http://bzpc.hu/introduction/

Unfortunately I cut a small part of its tail when I framed

I used a ratio of 1:2:2 for Ha/O3/S2 data acquisition

Data are back from 2018 under bortle 8

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