Definition of insanity? Squid Nebula (OU4)/Flying Bat (Sh2-129) with a KAF8300 CCD (Pam Whitfield)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: HD202214 · HD202380 · HD239618 · HD239626 · LBN 445 · LBN 449 · LBN 453 · Sh2-129

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Definition of insanity? Squid Nebula (OU4)/Flying Bat (Sh2-129) with a KAF8300 CCD

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Definition of insanity? Squid Nebula (OU4)/Flying Bat (Sh2-129) with a KAF8300 CCD

As Dirty Harry used to put it 'Do you feel lucky?'

Not close to any prizes for this image but last time I tried I didn't see the Squid at all so I'm not complaining!
15min subs with a 3nm Oiii filter on a KAF8300 CCD sensor isn't a recipe for an easy life (wasted a couple of nights with 10min subs last time I tried) but where would be the fun in that?

The mount behaved flawlessly so didn't lose any valuable 900s subs.
I got lucky with good conditions on a moonless night so despite my Bortle 5 skies I gave it another shot...
Fun and games processing - I eventually went with layering the Ha and Oiii data onto the complete RGB starfield rather than adding stars to HOO and got a more neutral background. Nothing subtle about the Squid here! No drizzling plus the reducer so the stars are rather blocky but I didn't want to inject more noise into the Oiii.
I could spend another week getting enough data to halve the noise in the Oiii signal but life's too short! I'm ticking this one off the list and moving on....

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RA (center)	21h13m29s.49
RA (top/left)	21h07m59s.10
RA (top/right)	21h08m24s.68
RA (bottom/right)	21h18m42s.30
RA (bottom/left)	21h18m50s.87

Dec (center)	+60°01′03″.4
Dec (top/left)	+60°52′34″.1
Dec (top/right)	+59°07′59″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+59°08′39″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+60°53′25″.10

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