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 This small
            but highly detailed emission nebula is part of a quartet of Sharpless
            nebulosities within a few degrees of sky inside the pentagon
            of Auriga. Central to this image is the main section of nebulosity
            which is surrounded by a dimly glowing cloud of hydrogen. On
            the upper left, the glow represents part of Sharpless 232, a
            huge object spanning several degrees. Near the bottom center,
            the "detached" piece of nebulosity was a bonus - a
            faint PK planetary nearly half an arcminute in size. 

            
This is the
            start of a really deep set of exposures on this region, this
            red luminance frame will be the basis for a more complete color
            image in the month to come.

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG 10XME NABG with Enhanced Water Cooling
Guider: SBIG ST4
Exposure:  RL = 60m
Filters:  AstroDon Red
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 4.5 arcsec (Maxim DL - 10min subframe), Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  40 F
CCD Temperature:  -30 C
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Gralaks Sigma, Photoshop, PixInsight, CCDOps Debloomer.
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