Center of the Heart in HOO (Tom S.)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas) · Contains: HD15250 · HD15522 · HD15557 · HD15558 · HD15570 · HD15629 · HD15851 · IC 1805 · LBN 654 · LBN 655 · LDN 1361 · LDN 1364 · LDN 1366 · LDN 1367 · LDN 1368 · LDN 1369 · Sh2-190

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Center of the Heart in HOO

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A couple weeks ago I uploaded the rough Ha data that I used in this image acquired with my new-to-me AP130GT and the ASI533mm. The data was pretty good and I decided to add some OIII to make a HOO image. The weather at home turned back to normal so I captured the OIII with my remote TSA102 and QHY268m. FOV is virtually identical with the QTCC on the AP scope. This was a nice opportunity for me to try some firsts: Blend data from two locations with different equipment, as well as blend RGB stars (which I also acquired from the TSA102) into a narrowband image. All in all I think it turned out pretty good. I was forced to leave my comfort zone to learn & try some different Pixinsight techniques which IMO are still lacking, but I do feel I am turning another corner on that front. Thanks for having a look.
Tom

Data acquisition in the Card, but recap here as well:
Ha- AP130GT QTCC, ASI533mm, Astrodon 3nm Ha, 200 frames @ 180s, RST-135e mount
OIII-TSA102 TOA 645 Flattener, QHY268m, Astronomik 6nm OIII, 21 frames @ 600s, MYT mount
RGB-TSA102 TOA 645 Flattener, QHY268m, Astronomik Deep Sky RGB, 32 frames @ 60s each filter, MYT mount

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Astrometry.net job	6687601
PixInsight job	IQV0B1YM4DUCIHWB8DXZVJCT2PGLUBOY
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	02h32m41s.73
RA (top/left)	02h36m57s.81
RA (top/right)	02h27m53s.50
RA (bottom/right)	02h28m34s.86
RA (bottom/left)	02h37m21s.80

Dec (center)	+61°26′57″.6
Dec (top/left)	+62°01′12″.4
Dec (top/right)	+61°57′19″.7
Dec (bottom/right)	+60°52′13″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	+60°55′58″.7

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