Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lacerta (Lac)
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Sh2-126, John Bozeman
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Sh2-126

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Sh2-126

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Sharpless 126 (Sh2-126) is a large emission nebula in Lacerta, which appears in this image as a red nebula. The source of its ionisation is the intense ultraviolet radiation from the star 10 Lacertae, a blue main sequence star. This region, aka the 'Great Lacerta Nebula', with its faint nebular filaments, is part of Lacerta OB1, a giant star-forming region about 1200 light-years from Earth.


Composite image of DSS-II data (70%) and WISE IR data (30%).

2nd Digital Sky Survey data:
Red and Blue plates.

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) IR Data
Color Mapped:
Red - 22 micron IR
Green - 12 micron IR
Cyan - 4.6 micron IR
Blue - 3.4 micron IR

 Processed with Registar, GraXpert, PixInsight and Photoshop 2023.

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Sh2-126, John Bozeman