The Flying Bat Nebula (Sharpless 129)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 140 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , the Flying Bat Nebula is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at 02:13, 72° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:41 (EDT), 46° above your north-eastern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 03:56, 66° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
The Flying Bat Nebula (Sharpless 129)
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Object type
HII region
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