Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
Sh2-132 – The Lion Nebula HST or SHO pallet – 2022, Kirk
Sh2-132 – The Lion Nebula HST or SHO pallet – 2022
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Sh2-132 – The Lion Nebula HST or SHO pallet – 2022

Sh2-132 – The Lion Nebula HST or SHO pallet – 2022, Kirk
Sh2-132 – The Lion Nebula HST or SHO pallet – 2022
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Sh2-132 – The Lion Nebula HST or SHO pallet – 2022

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Description

Sharpless 132 or the Lion Nebula is a faint Hydrogen II region, emission nebula located on the southern edge of Cepheus. A year ago, I only captured the head of the lion in the narrow field of view telescope, but this time, using a wider field telescope and a larger imaging sensor I captured the head and body. The Lion nebula is about 10.4K light years distant from earth.

Details:
- Acquisition Date: 09/23/2022 to 09/24/2022
- Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length - 106mm aperture)
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor 

Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm
- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm

Exposure Times:
- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha):  27 x 10min. (270min) bin 1x1
- Oxygen III (OIII):            29 x 10min. (290min) bin 1x1
- Sulfur II (SII):                  23 x 10min. (230min) bin 1x1

Total Exposure:790min. (13.17hrs)

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Sh2-132 – The Lion Nebula HST or SHO pallet – 2022, Kirk