Heart and Soul Nebula (IC1805/1848), Dimitris Platis

Heart and Soul Nebula (IC1805/1848)

Heart and Soul Nebula (IC1805/1848), Dimitris Platis

Heart and Soul Nebula (IC1805/1848)

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The Heart and Soul Nebula are among the most beautiful in the night sky. 7500 light years away, hot radiant gases among dark molecular clouds of ionized gas and hydrogen produce a spectacular sight.

I had some problems with my lens, which I managed to fix (just a matter of mounting it right) and I decided to go full speed with the lens. So I opened it up to f2.8 and tried high bin for OIII/SII.....

Hope u like it....

Location: Parnon, Greece (1400m)

Constellation : Cassiopeia

Imaging scope : Nikon 180ED

CCD : QHY9M (-20°C)

Guiding CCD: Lodestar

Mount : Skywatcher EQ6

Guiding scope : APM optical finder 240mm FL

Image scale : 6.28 arcsec/pixel

Filters : 2''Baader

Subexposures :

Ha bin 1X1 5X1200sec

OIII/SII bin 3X3 20X300sec

Calibration frames :

Darks 25x, Flats 25x, Bias 100x, Dark Flats 25x

Calibration/Processing : Pixinsight 1.8

Capture : Sequence Generator Pro

Tracking : PhD2 2.5.0

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Heart and Soul Nebula (IC1805/1848), Dimitris Platis