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The Dumbledore nebula

Sharpless 2-132 is a dim H-II emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus.
It lies some 10,000 light years away.
It is illuminated by two Wolf-Rayett stars.

This nebula is also nicknamed The Dumbledore nebula due to the resemblance to the Harry Potter character of Professor Dumbledore.

Imaged with 10" F/2.8 POWERNEWT Astrograph.
S2-HA-O3 MAPPED AS RGB
HA 180 MIN
S2,O3 15MIN EACH BINX3
TOTAL OF 3:30 HRS

SBIG ST 8300M CAMERA WITH BAADER FILTERS
Losmandy G 11 mount with Gemini 2

Imaged from the NEGEV desert in ISRAEL


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