I chose a darker theme for this image, so thought the Bat Out of Hell was a suitable name. Though there is also the possibility of a dragon, with its mouth gaping at the upper right.
The Bat Nebula is a part of the Veil Nebula, remnants of an enormous stellar conflagration some 10,000 to 20,000 years ago, that has now expanded to cover 3 degrees of the sky, appearing nearly six times the size of the full moon. There is a Hubble video that shows the movement in the nebulosity with respect to distant stars. It can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4JihreUQiIImaging Telescope The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Robotic Telescope
Date Oct 12, 2020
Narrowband (Ha, OIII, SII): 15 x 1800s each, total 22.5 hours
Location Sierra Remote Observatories, Auberry, California
Telescope RCOS 16" f/8.9 (3550mm focal length)
CCD Camera SBIG STX16803 16MP (4096 x 4096)
Mount Paramount ME
Filters SBIG Ha (7nm), OIII (8.5nm), SII (8nm)
I processed the image in Startools as SHO to RGB, looking for a HST type image with a good balance of RGB colors. The starless image was made using Starnet++. I used Topaz AI DeNoise lowlight to reduce noise.
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