Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
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Sh2-132 The Lion Nebula (SHO with RGB stars), Arun H
Sh2-132 The Lion Nebula (SHO with RGB stars)
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Sh2-132 The Lion Nebula (SHO with RGB stars)

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Sh2-132 The Lion Nebula (SHO with RGB stars), Arun H
Sh2-132 The Lion Nebula (SHO with RGB stars)
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Sh2-132 The Lion Nebula (SHO with RGB stars)

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59 x 300 H-alpha
96 x 300 OIII
72 x 300 SII

30 x 60s x 3  RGB for stars
-10 C, 2x2 bin

taken across multiple nights in late September and October. 

Getting this right was a struggle. Dropped it twice and nearly dropped it a third time before I was happy with the colors. I first imaged this a year ago with my refractors: 

https://astrob.in/glzq3u/B/

But you can see how the larger scope yields a deeper result.

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