Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1795  ·  IC 1805  ·  IC 1831  ·  IC 1848  ·  NGC 1027  ·  NGC 896
Heart and Soul Feb 2022, forest_astro
Heart and Soul Feb 2022
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Heart and Soul Feb 2022

Heart and Soul Feb 2022, forest_astro
Heart and Soul Feb 2022
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Heart and Soul Feb 2022

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Heart Nebula IC 1805 Sharpless 2-190
Soul Nebula IC 1848


Heart and Soul nebulas taken in Feb 2022. 
Taken using Samyang 135mm, ZWO ASI 183MC Pro on a Skywatcher Star Adventurer and using AIS Air Pro. This is perhaps my best image yet. After restarting this hobby this is the most data I have collected on a single target so far, over 4 hours of subs. The Star Adventurer can be really powerful when used to image widefield like this. I was able to easily get 180sec exposures (guided using the ASI120 mini and polar aligned using ASI Air pro) and out of 5 hours worth was able to keep 4 hours 12 mins. The combination of the Williams Optics Wedge, star adventurer, simple guide scope and the ASI Air pro is really a nice set up to play with.

All this has been taken from my garden in the Forest of Dean, UK. This is also my first attempt at processing using Starnet++ to create a starless layer, found it really useful and would recommend to anyone not yet using it.

Can't wait for the next clear night.

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Heart and Soul Feb 2022, forest_astro