Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1805  ·  Sh2-190
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Mel 15 in the Heart Nebula - Narrowband, Steven Christensen
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Mel 15 in the Heart Nebula - Narrowband, Steven Christensen
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Taken from my driveway in Durham, NC over two nights. Stellarvue 102T scope, Atik 460ex camera, .8 focal reducer, Atlas Pro mount, Lodestar X2 guide camera, Orion 50mm guide scope, Astrodon 5nm Ha, OIII, and SII filters. Ha: 48 x 5 minutes exposures = 4 hours, OIII: 24 x 5 minutes exposures = 2 hours, S2: 24 x 5 minutes exposures = 2 hours. Sequence Generator Pro, PHD 2, Pixinsight, Photoshop CC. Trees limit the number of hours I can get this target. HOS palette in Astropixelprocessor.

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Mel 15 in the Heart Nebula - Narrowband, Steven Christensen