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Sh2-132, John Bozeman

Sh2-132

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Sh2-132

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The Lion Nebula, or Sharpless 132, is an emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus and lies some 10000 light years away in the Arm of Perseus along our Milky Way. The stars responsible for ionizing its gases are very hot and massive, including two Wolf-Rayet stars.

12 micron IR data from the WISE All SKy Survey. Processed with FITS Liberator, PixInsight and Photoshop 2022.

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Sh2-132, John Bozeman