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Sharpless	Instrument	Exposure	Camera	Filters
SH2-124	Epsilon 180 F/2.8	5 Hours 30 minutes	ST-10 XME	H-Alpha, RGB

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Sharpless	Instrument	Exposure	Camera	Filters
SH2-124	Epsilon 180 F/2.8	5 Hours 30 minutes	ST-10 XME	H-Alpha, RGB

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Sharpless	Instrument	Exposure	Camera	Filters
SH2-124	Epsilon 180 F/2.8	4 Hours	ST-10 XME	H-Alpha

Sharpless	SH2-124
Common Name	Sharpless 124
Constellation	Cygnus
RA	21h 36m
DEC	50d 7m
Size	70
Shape	Circular
Brightness	Midrange
Object Type	Diffuse Nebula
Type	Emission
Other Catalog #	None

This object appears to be like SH2-125 (the Cocoon Nebula) which is in the same area. However, it does not have the reflection you see around the Cocoon, so only the H-Alpha filter has the best results with this one. I tried the OIII to see if a narrowband was possible, and there just simply is no OIII in this object. The H-Alpha filter also picks up a lot of nebula around it with a wider field of view. A larger telescope may show finer structure around the brighter areas. I have not tried a clear filter, but the blue and green channels are almost non-existent in this object, so the HA filter with the RGB seems to be the best way to colorize the nebula. This image was published in Astronomy Magazine April 2008.

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