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SH2-132, Jason Lichter
SH2-132
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SH2-132

Revision title: Sh2-132

SH2-132, Jason Lichter
SH2-132
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SH2-132

Revision title: Sh2-132

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
William Optics GT 71 GT71
Imaging Cameras
ZWO ASI294MM Pro ASI294MM Pro
Mounts
Sky-Watcher HEQ5 PRO
Filters
Optlong 1.25" Oiii · Optlong 1.25" H-Alpha
Accessories
ZWO EAF Focuser · ZWO ASIAir Pro ASIAir Pro · zwo filter wheel 8 slot zwo filter wheel · William Optics Flat 7, 0.8x Reducer/Flattener Flat 7, 0.8x Reducer/Flattener
Software
Photoshop · Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · photoscape x
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
Williams Optics Uni guide 32/130 UniGuide 32mm Guide Scope - M-G32PB
Guiding Cameras
ZWO ASI120MM Mini

Acquisition details

Dates:
Aug. 23, 2021
Frames:
Optlong 1.25" H-Alpha: 50×300″(4h 10′) (gain: 110.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Optlong 1.25" Oiii: 50×300″(4h 10′) (gain: 110.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Integration:
8h 20′
Darks:
40
Flats:
20
Flat darks:
20
Avg. Moon age:
15.80 days
Avg. Moon phase:
98.80%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
4.00
Temperature:
25.00
Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 5266986

RA center: 22h18m38s.2

DEC center: +55°47′56″

Pixel scale: 1.423 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 3.580 degrees

Field radius: 1.274 degrees

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Resolution: 5076x3970

File size: 32.7 MB

Locations: Home, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Data source: Backyard

Description

Sh2-132, also named the Lion nebula is 10,000 to 12,000 light-years away, located in the Perseus arm of our Galaxy, with a size of more than 250 light years. On our sky is located on the border between the constellations of Cepheus and Lacerta. It is interesting that this image contains two Wolf-Rayet stars - WR 153ab near the "wall" structure in the lion's head an WR 152 in the blue dominated part of the nebula. The Wolf-Rayet stars are very big, bight and hot stars with strong solar winds. These winds are so strong that eject huge amount of mass from the stars - something like 10 Sun masses per million years.

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Title: Sh2-132

Description: Sh2-132, also named the Lion nebula is 10,000 to 12,000 light-years away, located in the Perseus arm of our Galaxy (border between the constellations of Cepheus and Lacerta) with a size of more than 250 light years. This image contains two Wolf-Rayet stars - WR 153ab near the "wall" structure in the lion's head an WR 152 in the blue dominated part of the nebula. The Wolf-Rayet stars are very big, bight and hot stars with strong solar winds. These winds are so strong that eject huge amount of mass from the stars - something like 10 Sun masses per million years. The extreme nature of the Wolf-Rayet stars always dominate the nearby regions and lightening the surrounding area. In this case there are two of them and they are helped from 5 small open clusters of young stars to show us something very beautiful.

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