Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1805
HEART OF THE HEART, astroyyc
HEART OF THE HEART
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HEART OF THE HEART

HEART OF THE HEART, astroyyc
HEART OF THE HEART
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HEART OF THE HEART

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⁣Here’s a close-up view of Melotte 15, the central core of the Heart Nebula, which harbours plenty of newborn stars amongst its stellar pillars of gas and dust.⁣

We are star dust.⁣

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This is my first image captured with the TS Optics RC 8” reflector and my last captured with a one-shot colour camera. This was combined with a dual-band filter to capture both the Hydrogen Alpha and Oxygen III emission wavelengths. These were mapped to the R,G,B channels as H,HO,HO and I later added true colour RGB stars for good measure.

I hope you like it!⁣

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HEART OF THE HEART, astroyyc

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