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The Lion Nebula.

Found in the constellation of Cepheus, the Lion Nebula when viewed from just the right perspective, actually does represent a lion. At approx 10,000 light years away

it is made up of an emission nebula and a reflection nebula.

Not bright enough for visual observation sadly, it does however make for a great imaging target.

 

Boring Techie bit:

Telescope: Askar FRA400

Mount: EQ6r pro

Camera: ZWO 533mc pro

Filter: Optolong L'eNhance.

Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+

Eighty 3 minute exposures

Stacked & processed in PixInsight with BlurXterminator, NoiseXterminator, Starnet++, Graxpert and Affinity Photo.

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Uploaded on October 31, 2025