Thank you for sharing your photos - this is exactly what this project is all about! :-)
It's an interesting fact that the nebula was discovered in 1951 by our astronomers Grigory Shain and Vera Gaze at the Simeiz Observatory in Crimea. Stuart Sharpless discovered it independently, but only in 1959. Despite this, the nebula is known as Sharpless 188 (Sh2-188). Initially, it was assumed that Sh2-188 was a supernova remnant. However, it was later found to be an asymmetric planetary nebula, formed when a star of similar mass to the Sun shed its outer layers. The object is quite faint; I imaged it over 7 nights. From my location, it's only accessible after midnight, so I had to spend more nights on it than I expected. Further integration adds very slowly now, so I decided to stop.
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