The Great Lacerta Nebula
The Great Lacerta Nebula
Sh2-126 is an emission nebula located in the Lacerta constellation. It is located in the southern part of this constellation, about 1° west of the star 10 Lacertae, a blue variable star (magnitude 4.8 and spectral type O9V) which ionizes the nebula. Invisible to the naked eye due to its magnitude, Sh2-126 has the appearance of a small filament and is mostly visible in astrophotography through Hα (H-alpha) filters.
Near this cloud is located the nebula LBN 437. Its brightest part is associated with bright young stars.
RA 22h 33m 02.1s
DEC +39° 47' 15.2"
ORIENTATION Up is 8.83 degrees E of N
CONSTELLATION Lacerta
DATE July 2022
Fiel Of view: 5.28 x 5.28 deg
Total integration time of 28.3 hours.
L 24 x 600 sec
R 34 x 600 sec
G 34 x 600 sec
B 34 x 600 sec
Ha 44 x 600 sec
Near this cloud is located the nebula LBN 437. Its brightest part is associated with bright young stars.
RA 22h 33m 02.1s
DEC +39° 47' 15.2"
ORIENTATION Up is 8.83 degrees E of N
CONSTELLATION Lacerta
DATE July 2022
Fiel Of view: 5.28 x 5.28 deg
Total integration time of 28.3 hours.
L 24 x 600 sec
R 34 x 600 sec
G 34 x 600 sec
B 34 x 600 sec
Ha 44 x 600 sec
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
Takahashi FSQ-106ED @ F/3.6
Camera
FLI PL 16803
Location
IC Astronomy Observatory, Oria, Almería, Spain
Date of observation
July 2022
Filters
Ha, Luminance, Red, Green, Blue
Processing
Photoshop, CCDSTACK, Pixinsight
Credits
Nicolas ROLLAND
