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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. Inside it are spectacular viens of dark tendrils of
            dust giving the entire nebula a mottled texture. On the upper
            left, the glow represents part of Sharpless 232, a huge object
            spanning several degrees and banded in appearence. Along the
            right edge is Sharpless 2-231 a glowing region of hydrogen. Near
            the bottom center, the "detached" piece of nebulosity
            was a bonus - a faint PK planetary nearly half an arcminute in
            size. This
            planetery has a more orange appearance than the ruddy nebula.
            Finally you can see in this image a small reflection nebula to
            the lower left edge of the main nebula.
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:  Ha+LRGB = 120:20:20:20 (RGB Binned 2x2)
RGB Combine Ratio:  1: 1.05: 1.11
Filters:  AstroDon RGB Tricolor
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 5 arcsec (Maxim DL - 10min subframe), Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  35 F
CCD Temperature:  -30 C
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Gralaks Sigma, Photoshop, PixInsight, CCDOps Debloomer.
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