Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)
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Flying Dragon Nebula SH2-114, Benjamin Law
Flying Dragon Nebula SH2-114
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Flying Dragon Nebula SH2-114

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Flying Dragon Nebula SH2-114, Benjamin Law
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Flying Dragon Nebula SH2-114

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This is another challenge attempted from Bortle 7/8 backyard. 

A total of about 25 hours of data is collected.

Sh2-114 (the Flying Dragon nebula) is a vary faint and rarely imaged nebula. It is located in the constellation of Cygnus. Sharpless (Sh-2) 114 (and 113) are complex and unusual HII emission nebulas. The filamentary structures resemble a supernova remnant. However, no supernova remnant appears to be recorded for this location.

Directly above the right wing, halfway between the wing and the edge of the frame, is a planetary nebula. This is cataloged as Kronberger (Kn26), and it is a bipolar emission nebula. Kn26 is a small (110 arc seconds) planetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus. Kn26 was discovered by Austrian amateur astronomer Matthias Kronberger in 2006, although it wasn't spectroscopically confirmed as a planetary nebula until 2011. In 2012 it was established that it was a new member of the very small sub-class of quadupolar planetary nebulae.

Technical information:

Scope: Sky-watcher Evostar 80 (0.8X FR)
Camera: ASI204MM-P
Filter: Optolong 2"  Ha, R,G,B
Exposure: Ha 289x300s, R,G,B 7x180s each (Total ~25 hours)

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Flying Dragon Nebula SH2-114, Benjamin Law