SH2-112 (Sharpless 112 )

This small but bright nebula is a good object for those with a small field of view. Using a larger telescope will reveal the fine details and structure. The object responds very well with the hydrogen-alpha filter and makes a great HA-RGB image, but you need a lot of color to colorize the nebula. The nebula also responds very well to Sulfur II and Oxygen III, so this is a good one for a color narrowband image. A wider field of view will pick up the nebula around this object as well as the nearby object SH2-115.

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Images by Dean Salman