Sharpless 2-129 in Cepheus - The Flying Bat and Squid Nebulas
Emission and planetary nebula
Uploaded 12/12/24

 

            
Here is our deepest
            shot yet of the Flying Bat nebula Sharpless 2-129 and contained
            within the recently discovered Outters 4 planetary nebula recorded
            as a spectacular teal color. The IDAS NBZ-2 filter did an incredible
            job at separating out the planetary, and it is nearly overexposed
            here.

            
Technical Data: 8"
            f/2 RASA, ASI2600MC, IDAS NBZ-2, 3.25 hours total, Happy Jack,
            Az

            
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Instrument:  RASA 8" f/2
Mount:  Home Made GEM
Camera:  Color CMOS ASI2600 MC
Guider: ASI mini  w/80mm piggyback refractor
Exposure:  3.25 h total, 5 mn subs
Location:  Happy Jack, Arizona, Elevation:  7000 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 2 arcsec , Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  45 F

Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL6:  Calibration
PixInsight:  Alignment, Stacking, Star Removal
Photoshop CS2:  Curves, Color Correction, Cleanup

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