The Elephant, Bat and Squid (Elliot Maddox)

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FINALLY!
Introducing the Elephant Trunk, Flying Bat and Squid nebulae!!!
This project took me almost TWO MONTHS to complete! This was BY FAR the HARDEST target I've EVER taken on! More specifically - the blue Squid Nebula in the upper right hand corner. Not only is this nebula SO SOO SOOO faint that it was only discovered recently in 2011, but it's also laying directly in front of the very bright red Flying Bat nebula which severely over-powered the Squid and made it extremely difficult to gain contrast between the two. I knew before starting this project that it was going to be the hardest one I've ever done and that I was biting off more than I could chew. But I was ready to take the dive and commit to this target for as long as I needed to. I imaged the red Hydrogen-Alpha for 64x600s (10.6 hours!) and the blue Oxygen-III for 126x600s (21 hours!) come to a total integration time of 31.6 HOURS!!!! I have never imaged a single target for over a day before. This was an AMAZING challenge - not just to image, but also to process! This was absolutely the hardest target to process. I'm not 100% satisfied with it by I'm very pleased with it!

Samyang 135 f/2
Imaged with N.I.N.A.

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	5214075
PixInsight job	AOSVHGOFG6LRVQCF2GCHVH6V1QRG65KJ
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	21h26m08s.19
RA (top/left)	21h58m45s.82
RA (top/right)	20h54m20s.26
RA (bottom/right)	20h58m21s.87
RA (bottom/left)	21h52m58s.94

Dec (center)	+58°40′32″.1
Dec (top/left)	+61°14′55″.7
Dec (top/right)	+61°24′56″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	+55°39′37″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	+55°31′06″.9

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