Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  LBN 633  ·  PGC 137845  ·  PGC 137850  ·  PGC 2796633  ·  PGC 2796636  ·  PGC 2796642  ·  PGC 2796649  ·  PK128-04.1  ·  Sh2-188
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Shrimp Nebula - SH2-188 (PK128-04.1), DoubleStarPhotography
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Shrimp Nebula - SH2-188 (PK128-04.1)

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Shrimp Nebula - SH2-188 (PK128-04.1)

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The Shrimp Nebula also known as Sharpless 2-188 (Sh2-188), is an unusual planetary nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia.

The expanding gas from the planetary nebula is colliding with ambient gas in the interstellar medium. The nebula is nearly circular in shape but is much brighter on one side because the central star is moving rapidly in that direction. Faint wisps/traces of gas/nebulosity can also be seen in the opposite direction in this image. 

This image uses both of Askar's ColourMagic 6nm dual band filters D1 - (Ha & Oiii) and D2 - (Oiii & Si) to create a narrowband image with a OSC camera (a ASI533MC in this case).

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