Sh2-132 Lion Nebula

Constellation: Cepheus        Distance: 1800 lightyears

Sh2-132


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Image spcefications:
  • Exposure: 10 hours, HaO3 = 300:300
  • Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM, Temp -10 ° C, Filters Astrodon 5 nm Ha, 3nm O3
  • Instrument: TEC 140, focal distance 980 mm
  • Mount: Paramount MX+
  • Guiding: TS Off Axisguider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider and PHD
  • Location: Nozières, France
  • Ambient temperature: round 15° C
  • Date: Between 9 and 25 August 2024
  • © Frans Kroon, Arno-MarkBlesgraaf

Image acquisition Sequence Generator Pro:
  • 20 H-alpha of 15 min, binned 1x1
  • 20 O3 of 15 min, binned 1x1
  • 25 Flat fields per channel with Flatfield panel
  • 20 Dark frames of 15 min + 50 Bias frames

Processed with PixInsight 1.8.9-3:
    Lineair:
  • ImageCalibration, CosmeticCorrection and StarAlignment
  • ImageIntegration
  • GradiantCorrection
  • BlurXTerminator on Ha and O3

  • Non Lineair:
  • HistogramTransformation on Ha and O3
  • NoiseXTerminator on Ha and O3
  • StarXTerminator with Create StarImage
  • ChannelCombination
  • SCNR
  • MultiscaleLineairTransform
  • CurvesTransformation