Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
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Sh2-132 - The Lion, Michael Bauer
Sh2-132 - The Lion
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Sh2-132 - The Lion

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Sh2-132 - The Lion, Michael Bauer
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Sh2-132 - The Lion

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Lion Nebula captured with a dual narrowband filter.
The conditions had been pretty mediocre over the last couple of weeks. In addition to the almost full moon clouds were moving though, so quite a number of frames were unusable. This image is using all frames that at least showed the nebula, including those with poor SNR.
I am never quite sure if I like the natural colors or the HOO palette more. However, for this object the HOO may be nicer because of the resemblance of an actual lion. There is a cute little planetary nebula in the bottom left third of the image, it is PN G101.5-00.6.

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Sh2-132 - The Lion, Michael Bauer