SH2-115 / PN G086.1+05.4 / PN G084.9+04.4

Image Title: SH2-115 / PN G086.1+05.4 / PN G084.9+04.4

Copyright: Jose Luis Bedma

Date image was taken: July 06, 2026

Location: Spain / Almeria/ Huercal de Almeria

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED (0.77x) / QHYCCD QHY268 M
Chroma H-alpha 5nm Bandpass 36 mm: 60×300,″(5h) bin 2×2
Chroma OIII 3nm Bandpass 36 mm: 60×300,″(5h) bin 2×2
Chroma SII 3nm Bandpass 36 mm: 60×300,″(5h) bin 2×2

Are there bucolic landscapes in the cosmos? Could this be one?... A hidden spring in the constellation Cygnus, pure hydrodynamics in its wild state, the central structure of the nebula cascades like a waterfall of interstellar fluid. It is a hydrogen ionization front, relentlessly eroded by ultraviolet photons. Romantic violence sculpts such beauty, and two rogues, trying to remain unnoticed from above, bear witness to it: the small planetary bubble "PN G086.1+05.4" (top left) and the small nebula "Abell 71" (top right). In the small nebula "PN G086.1+05.4" (on the left), a tiny blue dot can be seen—a white dwarf star with a very faint apparent magnitude (around 18.7). This much-debated nebula originated from the death and demise of this low- to intermediate-mass star, similar to our Sun. Regarding Abell 71, or "PN G084.9+04.4" (on the right), it was once thought to be a planetary nebula, but recent studies confirm that it is an H II region (emission gas), a stellar nursery, ionized by young stars in its vicinity.

Name: Jose Luis Bedmar Rodriguez

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