Observation by Simon Paul Davis: The Flying Dragon

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Simon Paul Davis

Observer

Simon Paul Davis

Observed

2025 Jul 25 - 22:30

Uploaded

2025 Oct 22 - 09:20

Objects

Sharpless 114

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 21^h21^m
Dec: +38°35'
Position angle: +66°36'

Field size

1°41' × 1°16'

Equipment

Sharpstar HNT15028 150mm Newtonian
ASI1600MM Pro (-10 C)
OAG with ASI2900MM
Ha and Sii 4nm filters

Exposure

37 x 600s Ha, 20 x 600s Sii

Location

Hampshire

Target name

The Flying Dragon Nebula

Title

The Flying Dragon

About this image

Inspired by Jonathan Elliot's superb picture from last year I had a go at this very faint nebula using Ha and Sii narrowband filters. A total of 10 hours over 3 nights (two in July and one in September) has been renedered in the HSS pallette. In order to maximise the signal at the expense of noise I upped the gain from 139 (unity gain for the ASI1600mm) to 300 and used 10 minute subs

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