Saturday night was a good night at the River Ridge Observatory, good and warm and humid. Several of us were there. Everyone’s cooled cameras were struggling to stay cool.
I decided to shoot the Flying Bat Nebula, aka SH2-129, in Cepheus. This is four hours with my Samyang 135 and an L-Enhance F2 filter. I think I can barely make out the “Squid Nebula” inside the bat, almost exactly in the center. It is a faint green nebula that looks more like a squid than this looks like a bat. After this success, I think I will attempt to shoot this over several nights to build up the signal.
