SH2-114 Flying Dragon Nebula
The SH2-114 Flying Dragon Nebula is an emission nebula located almost 4000 light-years from Earth. The nebula stretches about 70 light-years across. It is an extremely faint object, best captured with an Ha filter of 3nm or less bandwidth. North is to the right.

Scope/Mount: TS-Optics PhotoLine 130mm F7 APO Refractor with Astro-Tech AREDT30 Focal-Reducer/Field-flattener, Celestron CI-700 Mount
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MMC monochrome with ZWO LRGB filters and Antlia 3nm SHO filters
Guiding: QHY5L-IIM through Orion Thin OAG, PHD guiding software
Exposure: Ha: (36) 300 secs @ gain = 300, RGB: each channel (10) 120 sec @ gain=200
Software: Nebulosity, Pixinsight, NoiseXterminator
Comment: 08-14-2026, Tierra del Sol, CA, good conditions, palette = H(H--) plus RGB for stars.