Once Upon a Time… and Beyond - 114 hours in LRGBHOO -

by Simone Curzi

Objects in field: Fireworks Galaxy, NGC 6939, NGC 6946, LDN 1041, LDN 1071, LDN 1076, LDN 1082, LDN 1119, LDN 1125, LBN 441, LBN 445, LBN 446, LBN 449, LBN 453, Sh2-129, VdB140, 3 Cep), 3 eta Cep, 5 alf Cep, 5 Cep), Alderamin, B148, B149, B150, B152, B354, The star Alderamin (α Cep, The star Kabalfird (η Cep

Equipment: William Optics Ultra-Cat 56, William Optics Ultra-Cat 56 WIFD, ZWO ASI6200MM Pro

Integration: 114h 5m

Once Upon a Time… and Beyond Some images feel like the end of a project once they are finished. Others somehow keep telling you that there is still more of the story waiting to be told. “Once Upon a Time” belonged to the second kind. With that image, I explored a wide region of Cepheus dominated by the Flying Bat Nebula (Sh2-129) and the incredibly faint Giant Squid Nebula (Ou4) . It became a…