• Sh 2-114 in Cygnus, the Flying Dragon Nebula
    • Sh 2-114
    Sh 2-114 Annotated image
  • While Sh 2-114 is, technically, the Flying Dragon
  • Nebula.  I find that the larger LBN 346 also
  • resembles a flying dragon.  Sh 2-114 is a
  • faint emission nebula 3.8 kly from us.
  • Hover over the picture for an annotated version
  • Date:  8 and 12 June 2026
  • FOV:  approximately 105' × 70'
  • Rotation:  −179.979°
  • Telescopes:  Stellarvue SVX102T (738mm,
  • nominally 714mm, f/7) for stars and
  • Celestron 9.25" EdgeHD 925 SCT (2350mm, f/10
  • with Starizona HyperStar nominally 514mm, f/2) for narrowband
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide cameras,
  • SVBony SV165 Mini 40mm f/4 guide scopes
  • Computers:  ASIair pro and ASIair plus 256GB
  • Mounts:  ZWO AM5 (SVX102T) and AM7 (C-925)
  • Cameras:  ZWO ASI6200MC pro (SVX102T), 1.058 arcsec/pixel,
  • ZWO 6200MC pro, APS/c ROI (C925), 1.549 arcsec/pixel,
  • both at −10°C and 100 gain
  • Pixel Size:  both are 3.76 µm
  • Filters:  Optolong UV/IR cut (SVX102T) and Optolong L-Para (C-925)
  • Frames:113 frames with the SVX102T and
  • 106 frames with the C-925 Edge HD HyperStar
  • Stacking:  two hundred and nineteen 300 second frames using PixInsight
  • Total Time:  18 hours 15 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight
  • preprocessing → UVIRx60 and LParax56
  • LPara:  DBE, SPCC, BXT, NXT, StarXT → LinearLPara
  • MStr, MAS, GHS, HST,
  • PixelMath MStr + MAS + GHS + HST → LPara
  • CurvesTransformation, GHS/Lightness → Starless
  • UVIR:  MGC, SPCC, DBE, BXT, NXT → LinearStars
  • MultiscaleAdaptiveStretch, Sat → Stars
  • PixelMath ScreenBlend(Stars, Starless), DynCrop/Scale
  • Location:  Cherry Springs State Park, near Coudersport, PA