I captured the Heart Nebula in conjunction with the Soul Nebula using my recently aquired TS 76EDPH f4.5 Astrograph at a focal length of 342 mm and the ASI6200MM full format camera. The combination of short focal length and full frame sensor provides a 6x4° field of view.
I aquired over 14 h of narrowband and RGB data in several nights in the light polluted Ruhrgebiet in Germany.
Unfortunately, the colour correction of the reducer in the blue spectral range is below average and produces unsightly halos around the stars. However, it can be partly fixed by using the tool for chromatic abberation correction the CamerRaw Filter of PS.
I used the classical Hubble Palette with SII as red, Ha as green and OIII as blue and changed the color of green to a more orange teal to get the golden tone of many Hubble narrowband pictures.
24x600s SII + 22x600s Ha + 38x600s OIII + 5x180s RGB per channel for star colors. TS Sharpstar 76EDPH at 342 mm f4.5. ASI6200MM Pro Full Frame 60Mpix camera and Baader 2" Filter. 10micron GM1000HPS mount with Tacklife 500Wh LiIon Powerstation and Mount Wizzard Model Maker. Guiding with the ASI120mini and a 50mm Guidescope. N.I.N.A. Astro Imaging Suite and PHD Guiding on the hp Elite X2 Tablet.
Location: Soester Börde and Ruhrgebiet, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany.
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www.theinvisibleuniverse.com
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