Some people call it Flying Bat Nebula, but I think Potato Nebula is the more fitting name for Sharpless 129 (Sh2-129). The bright star in the upper-right is Alderamin and in the upper-left quadrant you will find a nice compact planetary nebula. This target deserves a little more exposure time to bring out more of its faint parts.
This is a straight Ha monochrome image constructed from 24 exposures with 600 sec each, a total of 4 hours of exposure. Using my wide-field setup with the Asahi/Pentax Takumar 135mm f/2.5 with the ATIK 460EXm. Taken from the balcony of my house in the light-polluted Frankfurt area – Bortle class 7 (red zone). Make sure to look at this image in full-size view.
Exposure: | H, 24 x 600sec | Date: | 2016-8-24…26 |
Setup: | Takumar 135mm f/2.5 with ATIK 460EXm | Site: | Langen, Hessen Germany |
Tags: Sh2-129