51.5 Hour Deep Field on Sh2-129 and Ou4 (The Flying Bat and Squid Nebula)

by Ani Shastry

Objects in field: LBN 449, LBN 453, Sh2-129

Equipment: Planewave CDK14, ZWO ASI6200MM Pro

Integration: 51h 30m

The Flying Bat and the Giant Squid Nebula, or Sh2-129 and Ou4, are together one of the most challenging targets to capture. Despite occupying over 6 times the size of the full moon in both width and height in the night sky, the light given off by ionized hydrogen and sulfur in the bat-shaped nebula in the background (mapped here to the reddish and orangish hues respectively), and that given off…