Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  3 Cep)  ·  Fireworks Galaxy  ·  NGC 6939  ·  NGC 6946  ·  The star Kabalfird (η Cep
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Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae Area Widefield, Zemino
Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae Area Widefield
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Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae Area Widefield

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Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae Area Widefield, Zemino
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Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae Area Widefield

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A great variety of objects in a single shot: the Flying Bat and Squid emission nebulae (Sh2-129 and Ou4), the Seahorse dark nebula (B150), the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) and the NGC 6939 open cluster.

Technically this was a very complex composition: I shot 1 hour LRGB from a pretty dark place (SQM 21.50) with a Samyang 135mm @ F/2.8 and then added 2 hours or Hydrogen alpha taken from  Florence at 300mm focal length. Finally I added 2 hours of OIII to reveal the Squid using a Skywatcher 150PDS at 715mm focal length.

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Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae Area Widefield, Zemino