Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1795  ·  IC 1805  ·  NGC 896
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IC1805 - The Heart Nebula, Andrew Klinger
IC1805 - The Heart Nebula
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IC1805 - The Heart Nebula

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IC1805 - The Heart Nebula, Andrew Klinger
IC1805 - The Heart Nebula
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IC1805 - The Heart Nebula

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Acquisition details

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Description

Taken 9-28-16 and 10-3-16 at Atoka, OK

Scope: William Optics GT81 w/ 0.8x reducer (382mm focal length at f/4.7)

Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G

Guidescope: Orion 50mm guidescope

Guiding camera: StarShoot Autoguider

Imaging camera: Canon t3i (unmodified)

ISO800

46x480" lights (6hr 8min total integration time)

16x darks

60x flats

200x bias

Processing Details:

PixInsight:

Batch Pre-Processing

2x Drizzle Integration

Dynamic Crop

DynamicBackgroundExtraction

Background Neutralization

Color Calibration

Histogram Transformation

Duplicate image in PixelMath ($T) to begin making a starless image

Removed small stars with MultiscaleMedianTransform and a StarMask (x2)

Removed larger stars with MorphologicalTransformation (x3)

Photoshop:

Selective curves to bring forth the nebula and keep background somewhat neutral

Merged starless photo with original calibrated photo using Luminosity layer blending

Unsharp Mask for sharpening

PixInsight:

ACDNR

Histogram Transformation

SCNR Green

ColorSaturation

Resampled to 50% for posting

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IC1805 - The Heart Nebula, Andrew Klinger