Sh2-129 Giant Squid and Flying Bat Nebula 20+ hrs HOO (Crazy Formula) RAS8 (Brandon Tackett)

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Sh2-129 Giant Squid and Flying Bat Nebula 20+ hrs HOO (Crazy Formula) RAS8

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I was excited this year to give this nebula another try after my laughable attempt last year ( see below). I spent three full nights on the capture, 1 for Ha and 2 for O3. I really like the final stack, but I am not quite sure how a feel about the final product. The color was just never quite how I wanted it, but I really like using the crazy HOO formula for this image. I probably was trying to hard to bring forward the saturation of the squid while maintain the transparency. I just used the Ha stars, but next clear night I plan to collect RGB stars to the image as it deserves.

In the end, I really like the transparency toward the bottom of the Squid. Not bad for my first 20+ hr project.

The Squid Nebula is a quite faint O3 nebula was discovered in 2011. The nebula is an estimated 2,300 light years from earth and approximately 50 light years across.

Sh2-129 HOO Giant Squid and Flying Bat Nebula (First Attempt and Noisier than my 3 Kids) RASA8

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Title: Sh2-129 Giant Squid and Flying Bat Nebula 20+ hrs HOO + RGB Stars (Crazy Formula) RAS8

Description: Added RGB stars and improved noise

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RA (center)	21h11m34s.83
RA (top/left)	21h22m51s.45
RA (top/right)	21h00m40s.91
RA (bottom/right)	21h00m52s.78
RA (bottom/left)	21h21m52s.64

Dec (center)	+59°57′59″.9
Dec (top/left)	+60°48′28″.8
Dec (top/right)	+60°53′12″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+59°04′04″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	+58°59′40″.4

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