Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1795  ·  IC 1805  ·  NGC 896
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Heart Nebula IC 1805 - "Upper" portion (part 1 of 3 part mosaic), Jeff Culp
Heart Nebula IC 1805 - "Upper" portion (part 1 of 3 part mosaic)
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Heart Nebula IC 1805 - "Upper" portion (part 1 of 3 part mosaic)

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Heart Nebula IC 1805 - "Upper" portion (part 1 of 3 part mosaic), Jeff Culp
Heart Nebula IC 1805 - "Upper" portion (part 1 of 3 part mosaic)
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Heart Nebula IC 1805 - "Upper" portion (part 1 of 3 part mosaic)

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My November project is to capture a 3-panel mosaic of the Heart and Soul nebula.  Since I live in Seattle, WA the weather here has decidedly turned ugly these past few weeks.  The joke is, the sun doesn't come out now until July!  So I've been able to capture the 1st of 3 panels, and started the 2nd panel when a parade of winter storms started to line up off the West coast of Washington State.  

So rather than waiting until Spring to complete this project, I'm sharing the initial result of the Heart Nebula.  What I've been able to do this past month is remote my telescope from the backyard to my home-office where its more civil (temperature-wise).  Long exposures and sessions are now so much easier. Although this session the temp was moderate, I'm now able to image at night below 0C.

OAT:  11C
Camera temp: -20C
Gain 100

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Heart Nebula IC 1805 - "Upper" portion (part 1 of 3 part mosaic), Jeff Culp