Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1805
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Heart SHO, jLanc
Heart SHO
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Heart SHO

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Heart SHO, jLanc
Heart SHO
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Heart SHO

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SHO version of Melotte 15, or the core of the Heart Nebula.

Data acquired with an OSC camera was sacked in pixinsight. I then used BlurX and StarX to get the image into a state ready to use a script called CreateHubblePaletteFromOSC. This script did an excellent job in pulling out the Oiii, much better than attempts using common pixelmath expressions and really got the image to where I wanted it.

I was never happy with the amount of detail, or the colour rendition of my previous attempt on this target. Detail issues were related to using a C6 which for some reason seemed to always produce a soft image. With my new RC6 however, details are resolved very well and I'm very happy with the results!

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Heart SHO, jLanc