A relatively distant and faint object in the constellation Cepheus, the “Lion Nebula” is a rich area of star formation energized by two Wolf-Rayet stars. Wolf-Rayet stars are extremely hot and millions of times more luminous than our Sun.
Full frame photo available at https://app.astrobin.com/i/5usdrm?r=E
Light frames: 60 x 600s, total integration time 10 hours (2 nights).
Equipment:
- Telescope: Apertura 90mm Triplet Refractor
- Main camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Filter: Optolong L-Ultimate 2"
- Mount: ZWO AM5N
- Guidescope: Apertura 32mm
- Guide camera: ZWO ASI220MM Mini
Processing:
- Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
- RC Astro BlurXTerminator
- RC Astro NoiseXTerminator
- RC Astro StarXTerminator
- Adobe Photoshop 2026
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