Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1805
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Centre of the Heart Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
Centre of the Heart Nebula
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Centre of the Heart Nebula

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Centre of the Heart Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
Centre of the Heart Nebula
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Centre of the Heart Nebula

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Description

Centre of the Heart Nebula captured in Ha, OIII, SII. The clouds are sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from massive hot stars in the nebula's newborn star cluster, Melotte 15.

Taken from PixelSkies, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com



Ha 39x1200Secs

OIII 20x1200Secs

SII 29x1200Secs



29 hours 20 mins in total.



Equipment used:



Telescope: Tec 140 F7



Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Mono Cooled to -10C



Image Scale: 0.95



Guiding: OAG



Filters: Astronomik LRGB, Ha



Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount



Image Acquisition: Voyager



Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly



Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight



Processing: Pixinsight 1.8

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Centre of the Heart Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)

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