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Hale and Hearty, Tom Gray
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Inspired by @Nick Large recent portrait of this area, I thought I’d have a go, using my Altair 183 OSC with SLR lens, rather than a DSLR.  

Nestled between Cassiopeia and Perseus, the ‘heart ‘n soul’ nebulae make a nice pairing with the famous double cluster, within a rich star field. 

Framed at 70mm f5.6, I took a variety of exposures with in-built UV/IR filter, and then deeper 5min exposures through my new Baader UHC-L booster filter - a ‘wide’ quad band filter to enhance the emissions. 

Calibrated and stacked in ASTAP, and processed in Siril, with StarNet, Astrosharp, and recomposition; I present two versions. The original, and binned version with star reduction and a smoother background (but please don’t look too closely). 

I’m dedicating this to my Father, auld Robert Gray, who celebrates his 90th birthday this weekend - not so hale now, but definitely hearty.

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