Sh2-129 & Barnard 150 + Mirko Tondinelli + LRGB SHO-3nm

Sh2-129 & Barnard 150

Credit: Mirko Tondinelli (Itex_observatory )

Filters: Optolong LRGB SHO-3nm

 

 

 

Sh2-129 & Barnard 150, Squid, flying bat, seahorse - HaOIIILRGB
Finally, the fifth project of our observatory in Texas is coming to fruition. The two subjects to be immortalised were conceived by Giuseppe Mauriello and myself (but ultimately it is the project of our Itex_observatory team). I have always wanted to photograph this Squid Nebula (a nebula that is very difficult to extrapolate as a signal), and how could I not take advantage of the magnificent Texan sky? Suffice it to say that the quality of the sky had already allowed us to glimpse the nebula in broadband RGB (photos that I will show you in this post).

Sh2-129, also known as the Flying Bat Nebula, is a vast emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus, about 1,300 light years from Earth. It is characterised by a shape reminiscent of a bat and a reddish emission of hydrogen. Within Sh2-129 lies the Squid Nebula, a weaker, bipolar region rich in ionised oxygen, discovered in 2011. 

Barnard 150 or L1082 is a dark nebula located in the constellation Cepheus, 1,200 light years from Earth. It is also known as the Seahorse Nebula or Dark Seahorse Nebula because of its shape. It is a dark nebula located about 1,200 light years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus. Unlike emission or reflection nebulae, which emit or reflect light, dark nebulae are composed of dense, cold gas and dust that block the light from objects or stars behind them.
Here is the link to the high-resolution image with all the technical data.  However, this photo took us over 70 hours of exposure.

 

 

 

Versione LRGB

 

 

Integration
Lum/Clear: 53×600″  8h 50′
R: 27×300″ 2h 15′
G: 25×300″  2h 5′
B: 24×300″  2h
Hα: 164×600″ 27h 20′
OIII: 111×900″  27h 45′
Totals: 70h 15′

 

Imaging equipment
Telescope:TS-Optics 70 mm f/5 Quadruplet
Camera: QHYCCD QHY268 M
Mount: iOptron HAE29EC
Filters: 
Optolong Blue 2"
Optolong Green 2"
Optolong H-Alpha 3nm 2"
Optolong Luminance 2"
Optolong OIII 3nm 2"
Optolong Red 2"
Accessories: DeepSkyDad Flap Panel (FP2)
QHYCCD QHYCFW3-L, WandererAstro WandererBox Plus V3, WandererAstro WandererRotator Mini, ZWO EAF
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

Guiding equipment
Guiding optics: Stellarvue F050G
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI290MM

Hope you like it.