Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
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SH2-132 The Lion Nebula (SHO+RGB stars), Jian Yuan Peng
SH2-132 The Lion Nebula (SHO+RGB stars)
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SH2-132 The Lion Nebula (SHO+RGB stars)

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SH2-132 The Lion Nebula (SHO+RGB stars), Jian Yuan Peng
SH2-132 The Lion Nebula (SHO+RGB stars)
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SH2-132 The Lion Nebula (SHO+RGB stars)

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Description

Seem like taking forever to collect the data based on the sky condition near North California. I got about 4 reasonable whole nights at the early and end of August.
I used the Weighted Batch Preprocessing script and Normalized Scale Gradient (NSG) script to integrate images for each filter. I am impressed by the Pixel Rejection Algorithm: Generalized Extreme Studentized Deviate (ESD) when I had more than 30+ subframes. Both NSG and ESD really improve the image quality, highly recommend it.
Any C & C are welcome. Hope you like it. Stay Safe (away from Fire, Smoke, Flood, Covid).
Regards,
Jian Yuan Peng
-- Facts --
Sharpless 2-132 (also named Lion nebula) is a very faint emission nebula on the Cepheus/Lacerta border cataloged by Stewart Sharpless.  It lies at a degree southeast of Epsilon Cep with a size of more than 250 light-years. It is estimated to be about 10,000 to 12,000 light-years away. 
This image is Hubble palette SHO colors. 
Technical details:
Telescope: TEC 160FL + TEC FRC 0.9x
Mount: Astro-Physics 1100GTO
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI6200MM
Software: PHD2, PixInsight, Lightroom 6.4, Sequence Generator Pro, Photoshop CS6
PhotometricColorCalibration data (preCorp):
Resolution ............... 0.783 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -21.782 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2021-08-01 05:08:28 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2021-08-31 12:12:59 UTC
Focal distance ........... 990.67 mm
Pixel size ............... 3.76 um
Field of view ............ 2d 2' 54.6" x 1d 21' 28.2"
Image center ............. RA: 22 18 19.480  Dec: +55 50 15.80
Image bounds:
   top-left .............. RA: 22 23 26.217  Dec: +56 50 29.55
   top-right ............. RA: 22 09 42.286  Dec: +56 04 10.92
   bottom-left ........... RA: 22 26 50.052  Dec: +55 34 06.78
   bottom-right .......... RA: 22 13 28.276  Dec: +54 49 16.76
Location: Palo Alto, California, USA
Astrodon 50mm Unmounted 3nm Narrowband filters, Astrodon Tru-Balance Gen 2 - E-Series LRGB
Blue   35x120"      70 Minutes  Bin1x1 
Green  36x120"      72 Minutes  Bin1x1 
Red    60x120"      2 Hours     Bin1x1 
Ha     57x1200"     19 Hours    Bin1x1  
OIII   44x1200"     14.6Hours   Bin1x1 
SII    42x1200"     14 Hours    Bin1x1

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