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 shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 05:13, 50° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:20 (EDT), 12° above your northern horizon.
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Name
The Flying Bat Nebula (Sharpless 129)
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Object type
HII region
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