Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  LBN 93  ·  PK030+06.1  ·  Sh2-68
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SH2-68 "Flaming Skull" Nebula HaO3RGB, Bill McLaughlin
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SH2-68 "Flaming Skull" Nebula HaO3RGB

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SH2-68 "Flaming Skull" Nebula HaO3RGB, Bill McLaughlin
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SH2-68 "Flaming Skull" Nebula HaO3RGB

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I posted an early version of this a few days ago but was so unhappy with the result that I deleted it  instead of revising it since the old version made me pretty unhappy.

I think this version has much better color and more realistic stars.  Taken with  a Moravian C3 and a CDK 14 from SkiesAway observatory between July 26th and Aug 18th 2023.

An old and oddly distorted planetary nebula apparently due to it's interaction with the interstellar medium. A paper on the object can be found here: 

SH2-68 Paper

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SH2-68 "Flaming Skull" Nebula HaO3RGB, Bill McLaughlin