Sharpless 132 - The Lion Nebula

Sharpless 132 is a very faint emission type nebula on the Cepheus/Lacerta border. It lies at a degree southeast of Epsilon Cep, and has a size of about 40 arc minutes.

Sh2-132 is located at about 10400 light years in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way , in the region of Cepheus OB1, a large, bright OB association . The stars responsible for the ionization of its gases are very hot and massive; in particular, two Wolf-Rayet stars , known by the initials HD and HD 211 564 211 853 (the latter also having the initials WR 153), as well as a star of spectral class O8.5V and a dozen stars of class B.

Equipment used:

Eq6-R

AstroTech 106LE with upgraded Moonlite focuser

TSFlat 2" field flattener

ASI294MM Pro Cmos camera, cooled at - 15°C

8x1.25" ZWO USB filterwheel

Chroma 3nm 1.25" Ha, Oiii ans Sii filters

Qhyccd QHY5L-IIM guide camera

9x50mm finder-guider

Qhyccd Polemaster

Software used:

Eqmod, SGP - Sequence Generator Pro, PHD2, Stellarium with stellariumScope, SharpCap for polar alignment

Date: 01.06 to 15.07.2021

Location: Bushey, bortle 7

Ha: 80x300sec Bin 2x2, Gain 200 Offset 10

Oiii: 60x300sec Bin 2x2, Gain 200 Offset 10

Sii: 50x300sec Bin 2x2, Gain 200 Offset 10

Total integration time 15 hours and 50 minutes

Stacked in AstroPixel Processor and processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop CC 2021

Copyright: Emil Andronic