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Heart of Heart Nebula - IC1805 - Melotte 15 (Large field), AstroDarkTeam
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Heart of Heart Nebula - IC1805 - Melotte 15 (Large field)

Heart of Heart Nebula - IC1805 - Melotte 15 (Large field), AstroDarkTeam
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Heart of Heart Nebula - IC1805 - Melotte 15 (Large field)

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Our first picture with our remote imaging setup in south Portugal (Alelentejo Remote Observatory managed by the ARO TEAM).
Our team named AstroDarkTeam is a team of two passionnate french amateur astronomers : Stephane Rolland and Pascal Gouraud
We have installed our setup in south portugal (EQ8-R + TOA130) on mid-october 2021 and we have been imaging since end of October 2021. We have got more than 20 clear nights, that demonstrate the site quality.

Our first target is IC1805 an emission nebula and star cluster Melotte 15 in te nebula centert. Clouds in this area are sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from massive hot stars in the nebula'star cluster, Melotte 15 (about 1.5 million years young).
This 200 light-years wide field view includes emission from ionized hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen atoms. The Heart Nebula. IC 1805 is located about 7,500 light years away toward the constellation Cassiopeia.

Some improvements still to be done regarding subframe exposure (moving to 15 or 20 minutes) and better subframe selection.
Regarding processing, we habe been unable to integrate LRVB shots to improve star colors, so still to be improved for future pictures.
For a first run, 55 Hours for total exposure with narrowband chroma filters, and automated remote imaging challenge, we are quite happy with this result aand we have still to progress in 2022 !
We take this opportunity to sincerely thank the Astro A.R.O. for their welcome, their advice, the quality of the site and the services provided, in particular an irreproachable power supply and satellite communication perfectly adapted to the remote (what a pleasure after a good night's sleep to find fresh photos of the night in your computer)

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Heart of Heart Nebula - IC1805 - Melotte 15 (Large field), AstroDarkTeam

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