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Lower's Nebula in SHO, Tom Dinneen
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Lower's Nebula in SHO

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Lower's Nebula in SHO

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Lower's Nebula (Sh2-261) is an emission nebula in the Orion Constellation. Discovered in 1939 by an amatuer astonomers Harold and Charles Lower (father and son).
Just under 2hrs each for Ha, OIII and SII. Taken with my 5" refractor (with 0.7x reducer, 625mm fl f/5.25) and ASI2600MM from a remote observatory in Northern Spain (Bortle 3). Cropped down for composition. Presented in Dynamic SHO (Foraxx with HOO stars).

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Lower's Nebula in SHO, Tom Dinneen