An emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth; formed by the fast stellar wind from the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 colliding with and energizing slower-moving matter ejected by the star when it became a red giant around 250,000 to 400,000 years ago.
Imaging: William Optics FL-132 refractor on Astro-Physics 1200GTO mount, ZWO ASI1600MM camera with Astrodon filters; Guiding - Borg 50mm guidescope with Starlight Xpress Ultrastar camera
Settings:
Luminance, Red, Green and Blue - 13 exposures @120 seconds, bin1x1; Hydrogen-alpha, 13 exposures @300 seconds, bin1x1.
Notes:
Software: Image capture - Sequence Generator Pro 3.2.0.660; Guiding - PHD2; Processing - PixInsight 1.8.8, Photoshop CC