SH2-132

Lion's mane

Bach Zoltán

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In the sky

Coordinates: RA: 22h 19m, D: +56° 4'

Technical data

Instrument:

200/1000-es Newton,carbon astrograph

Camera:

Atik ONE 6

Mount:

SkyWatcher EQ6 GoTo

Guiding:

Lacerta Mgen OAG

Exposure:

R:120; G:70; B:110; Ha:720 perc

Location, date:

Vecsés, Ágasvár 2017- July-August

Processing:

Maxim DL, Registar, Photoshop CS6

Description

A relatively rarely photographed theme is a member of Sh2-132 Stewart Sharpless's 312 Bright Emission Fog. Each of the Sharpless Nebula flames from the light of the ionized hydrogen, which typically has a red color. We find dark spots in the picture, which is nothing more than a dust that cleans the bright parts of the fog and creates interesting formats. In addition to hydrogen, there is a lot of oxygen-rich parts that can be seen on blue, but here with the red they produce a very interesting color effect.

Sharpless 2-132 is an extremely low surface gloss emission mist on the boundaries of the constellations of Cepheus and Lacerta. As a member of the Cep OB1 association in the Perseus arm of our galaxy, its distance is around 10,000 light-years. The Wolf-Rayet star in the object is responsible for the ionizing of radiant hydrogen and oxygen gas clouds.

Awards

Amatour Astronomy Picturs Off Day Image of the week Astrobin.com The picture of the day Aster Academy Astronomy AAPOD