The Flying Bat Nebula (Sharpless 129)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 140 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , the Flying Bat Nebula is visible all night. It will become visible at around 19:06 (PDT), 63° above your northern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:48, 64° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:50, when it sinks below 21° 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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