Monday, August 24, 2020

Sh2-114 - Flying Dragon Nebula

Bilbo Baggins said something like there hasn't been a dragon around here for over 1000 years, that's because they went looking for swans.  The Flying Dragon Nebula or Sh2-114 is located in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan) at an unknown distance which is surprising to me.  It is a very faint nebula in an extremely rich star field which is probably why it is not imaged as much as other objects in the vicinity.  Similar regions typically are a result from a supernova, however, no remnants have been detected so the cause remains unclear.  

I first saw an image of this two years ago and loved the look but I wanted to wait until I had better equipment.  One of my favorite parts is the swirling filamentous clouds that make up the dragon.  The dragon sits in a surprisingly dense star field which is bittersweet as love stars, however, they make processing the nebula quite difficult.  I did a lot of star reduction in PI but did not use Starnet this time. The stars turned out nice and colorful after getting them to a manageable level. 

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Sh2-114 - Flying Dragon Nebula
Home Monroe, CT
Date: 7-31-20, 8-4-20, 8-5-20, 8-18-20, 8-19-20, 8-20-20
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
Telescope: Astro-Tech AT115EDT 115mm Refractor Telescope
Barlow: None
Focal Length: 805
f/7
Focal Reducer: AstroTech Field Flatterner/Focal Reducer
Mount: Orion Atlas Pro
Filter Wheel: ZWO EFW 8 x 1.25"
Filter: ZWO Ha, L, R, G, B
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Autoguiding: ASI120 Mini attached to an Agena 50mm Guide Scope/ZWO 60mm Guidescope
Exposure: Ha 158 x 240s, L 84 x 90s, R 43 x 90s, G 39 x 90s, B 42 x 90s 
Gain: 139
Offset 21
Temp: 22 C
Processing: APT, NINA, PixInsight, Photoshop.

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