SH2-132 The Lion Nebula (Dan Kusz)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: B369 · LBN 471 · LBN 473 · LDN 1150 · LDN 1154 · LDN 1156 · LDN 1161 · LDN 1163 · RW Cep · Sh2-132

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SH2-132 The Lion Nebula

Imaged over a total of 6 nights, Sharpless 132, The Lion Nebula, is a very faint emission nebula. It's on the border of the constellations of Cepheus and Lacerta. It's estimated to be about 10,000 light years away. The star field is very rich, so the nebula is almost lost amidst all the stars.

I decided on this object over some of the more common targets in the Cepheus reason simply because I had never really seen the object and wanted to capture something less commonly imaged. The Ha and OIII data was much more substantial than the SII data. I think a bi-colour image with just Ha and OIII would also produce a great image.

The "Head" of the lion has a lot if fine detail and structures and I may image this area again with a longer focal length scope and focus on just this area, see what mother nature says to that!

I wasn't originally planning on going 33 hours on this project, but since I had some nights with a near full moon I figured some more integration time would help increase the signal over the moon washed background.

Love the feedback!

CS, be well, and thank you!

Dan.

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RA (center)	22h18m25s.13
RA (top/left)	22h24m10s.19
RA (top/right)	22h08m16s.64
RA (bottom/right)	22h13m01s.80
RA (bottom/left)	22h28m21s.25

Dec (center)	+55°50′41″.5
Dec (top/left)	+57°04′13″.0
Dec (top/right)	+56°12′10″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+54°36′07″.0
Dec (bottom/left)	+55°26′05″.2

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