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Lion (Head) Nebula (Sh2-132)
The Lion (Head) Nebula (Sh2-132) is in the constellation of Cepheus. This
is a Hydrogen-alpha-Oxygen III-RGB color (240, 372, 50, 75, & 80min)
composite photo of it taken by James Foster with my Askar 103APO, 4-inch
triplet refractor at f/4 with a ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro monochrome camera for a
total exposure time of 13.6 hours. It was mildly cropped and
post-processed by me in Photoshop Elements. The Lion's head has a yellow
color, body green and curved tail red and is partially surrounded in
red-colored hydrogen clouds.
file: LionHeadNeb-HO&RGB3A-JRFhr-1arbh2axrr1.jpg
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Photographic Data
telescope:
Askar 103 APO
(4-inch f/4 triplet refractor
with 0.6X reducer)
focal ratio f/4
FL=
420 mm
mount:
iOptron CEM60
guiding: SBBony 60 mm refractor
with ZWO ASI1200MM-Mini guide camera
imaging
camera:
ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro
near full frame camera with
image cropped
filters: and exposures:
Hydrogen-alpha-Oxygen III-RGB color (240, 372, 50, 75, & 80min) composite
photo>
Total exposure time of 13.6 hours
photographic site:
Pinon Pines Estates (Frazier Park
California)
(Bortle 4 at 5,500 ft elevation)
Here is a crop of the photo from above
Lion Nebula (Sh2-232) -- cropped
file:
LionHeadNeb-HO&RGB3A-JRFhr-1arbh2axrr1cr.jpg
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higher resolution photo
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