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Sharpless 132 is an emission nebula located a few degrees east of the more famous (and brighter) IC 1396 in Cepheus. It is sometimes called The Fish Nebula because it somewhat resembles one (the head is at the upper left), though the fish shape is a bit more obvious in an H-alpha or luminance image. As a narrowband target it's quite colorful with strong emission in H-alpha and O-III but fairly weak S-II. This was taken using a Borg 60ED scope (f/4, FL=240mm) and Atik 460ex camera, with exposures of H:O:S:R:G:B = 90:90:120:20:20:20 minutes (6 hours total).

This image appeared in the January 2015 issue of Sky and Telescope magazine.