Sharpless 2-132, Cepheus

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This is my first image with a new camera, a Starlight Xpress SX-46 using a monochrome 16200 sensor. This nebula on the outskirts of the constellation Cepheus is sometimes called the Lion Nebula. Shot with narrowband filters and processed using a modified Hubble palette, the nebula seems to be rich in both Halpha and OIII, but quite faint in SII. There is a fascinating "beam" of light shining upward nearly in the center of this composition (in blue).

  Optics:Stellarvue SVQ100 
Camera:Starlight Xpress SX-46 
Exposure info:170 mins Ha, 150 mins OIII, 190 mins SII (10 min subs) 
Filters used:Astrodon H-alpha (5 nm), OIII (3 nm), SII (5 nm) 
date:October/November 2018