Re: Sh2-114 aka Flying Dragon nebula
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Mearl...it's pretty hard to find. I've been chasing this object for several years and have imaged it atleast 3 times now. The problem is it doesn't show up in a short exposure. Over the years I've come to recognize a star feature to tell me when I'm on it. I call it the mickey mouse star cluster. It's one star with 2 smaller stars positioned just like you would imagine mickey mouse would appear if he was looking right at you. Not a large feature but this is the only place I've seen it. It's center of the image height wise and in the right side quadrant.
Yeah...sure hope we have a SRSP this spring.
Good luck, Stu
Hi Stu, You inspired me to look for this. Missed not being able to see you at SRSP this year in VA. Hope all are well down by the Beach.
Mearl
On Thu, Dec 3, 2020, 4:20 PM Stu Beaber < wd4sel@...> wrote: Tks Brian...from my location it takes a 10 minute image to even see it...and I mean barely see it!
Stu
On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 4:12 PM Brian Valente < bvalente@...> wrote: very cool Stu - i wasn't even aware of this nebula!
On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 12:59 PM Stu Beaber < wd4sel@...> wrote: Shot this last night (12/2/20) in Ha light only (96% Moon). Hope to get more on it tonight to make the larger wings stand out better...
Stu
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