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Emission Nebula

The Lion Nebula (Sh2-132)

Overview

The Lion Nebula (Sh2-132) is a part of the Shapeless catalogue of objects and is located in the Perseus arm of the Milky way. At roughly 10,000 lightyears away this nebula is both large and rich with activity including the planetary nebula G101.5-00.6, galactic cluster Teutsch 127, and a Wolf-Rayet star 153ab.

 

Lean More:

The Lion Nebula – https://www.swagastro.com/sh2-132.html

Teutsch 127 – http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Teutsch%20127&NbIdent=1

G101.5-00.6 – http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%405135195&Name=PN%20G101.5-00.6&submit=submit

W-R 153ab – http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=WR153ab&submit=SIMBAD+search

 

The SHO version above contains 35.5 hours of integration of time and I’ve included a bi-color version and starless versions as well.

Star Map

Technical

Explore Scientific 127 FCD100 APO telescope

Explore Scientific .7x Focal Reducer/Field Flattener

MoonLite focuser

SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro mount

ZWO ASI1600 MM Pro camera

Chroma Ha, Oiii, and Sii filters

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