Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
Head of The Lion, Bence Tóth
Head of The Lion
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Head of The Lion

Head of The Lion, Bence Tóth
Head of The Lion
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Head of The Lion

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The picture shows a crop of Sh2-132, processed using SHO color palette. The central bright HII region is excited by the massive O-type star BD+55◦2722 and Wolf-Rayet star WR153ab. WR153ab is surrounded by a ring-like molecular cloud which is under gravitational collapse due to the pressure of the ionized gas surrounding it. Inside the molecular cloud a young star cluster is being born.

Almost all data taken with the 250mm OTA, except 1 night of OIII.

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