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Sh2-126

Sh2-126 — Emission Nebula

Emission Nebula
· Lacerta
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Target information

Object type
Emission Nebula
Constellation
Lacerta
Right ascension
22h 10m 00s
Declination
+40° 30′ 00″
Magnitude
Not recorded
Angular size
160′ × 120′
Surface brightness
Not recorded
Difficulty
Advanced
Best months
July, August, September, October, November
Catalog IDs
Sh2-126

About this target

Large faint HII complex in Lacerta. Dimensions are an approximate wide-field imaging footprint.

Recommended telescopes

Borg
250mm f/4.5 · 55mm aperture
Frames 50% of APS-C FOV
Vaonis
250mm f/5.0 · 50mm aperture
Frames 50% of APS-C FOV
William Optics
250mm f/4.9 · 51mm aperture
Frames 50% of APS-C FOV
Vaonis
250mm f/5.0 · 50mm aperture
Frames 50% of APS-C FOV
ZWO
250mm f/5.0 · 50mm aperture
Frames 50% of APS-C FOV
ZWO
260mm f/5.2 · 50mm aperture
Frames 51% of APS-C FOV

Recommended cameras

QHYCCD
3.76µm pixels · cooled
Player One
4.63µm pixels · cooled
ZWO
5.94µm pixels · cooled
OGMA
3.76µm pixels · cooled
OGMA
3.76µm pixels · cooled
ToupTek
2.90µm pixels · cooled

Example framing

FOV 4.38° × 2.98°
Scale 3.82″/px
Target fills 89% of frame
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FOV 4.38° × 2.98°
Scale 3.82″/px
Target fills 89% of frame
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FOV 8.25° × 5.50°
Scale 4.90″/px
Target fills 48% of frame
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