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    Sh2-132 Lion Nebula in Cepheus, Girish Muralidharan
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    Sh2-132 Lion Nebula in Cepheus

    Image of the day 11/01/2021

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      Sh2-132 Lion Nebula in Cepheus, Girish Muralidharan
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      Sh2-132 Lion Nebula in Cepheus

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      Sharpless 2-132 is a very faint emission type nebula on the Cepheus/Lacerta border.  It lies at a degree southeast of Epsilon Cep, and has a size of about 40 arc minutes.  It is estimated to be about 10,000 to 12,000 light years away... but this is no more than an estimate. It's a well studied region as well, with lots going on as you can see in the annotated image.

      I went a little bolder in color palette here and the starless version brings out more subtle details to the eyes.

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      Description: Starless version to make the more subtle details stand out

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      Sh2-132 Lion Nebula in Cepheus, Girish Muralidharan