Heart Nebula

AstroDinsk

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Deep Sky

Feb 14th, 2021

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IC 1824NGC 886NGC 896NGC 1027IC 1795IC 1805IC 1831IC 1848

Resolution:: 3859x3861 px
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Photo description / processing

The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) is an emission nebula located 7,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia. At the center of the nebula lies a small group of stars emitting intense red radiation. This star cluster, known as Melotte 15, contains several bright stars that are 50 times more massive than the Sun. Data acquired with a Takahashi 106ED telescope at the Telescope.live observatory. Stacking: DSS Channel combination: Photoshop Post-processing: Pixinsight Bicolor

Technical information

Telescope/Lens: Takahashi FSQ-106ED
Camera: FLI ProLine PL9000
Software: Pixinsight

Location: Río Hurtado, Чили

Light pollution

Gray, Bortle 2 zone

Date taken: Feb 13th, 2021

Exposure

9 × 600″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Ha - Astrodon · Feb 13th, 2021
9 × 600″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · OIII - Astrodon · Feb 13th, 2021

Total exposure: 3 h 0 m

Comments

Peter Tiagunov

Horizontal shift when stacking? Or not?

Feb 15th, 2021

AstroDinskReply to Peter Tiagunov

Yes, that seems to be the case. It's my first time working with such a dataset, where the images were taken on different days, so that's quite possible.

Feb 15th, 2021