Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1795  ·  IC 1805  ·  IC 1831  ·  IC 1848  ·  NGC 1027  ·  NGC 896
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Heart and Soul of Cassiopeia, Pavel Vorobiev
Heart and Soul of Cassiopeia
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Heart and Soul of Cassiopeia

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Heart and Soul of Cassiopeia, Pavel Vorobiev
Heart and Soul of Cassiopeia
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Heart and Soul of Cassiopeia

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Description

This is a 2x2 panorama shot from Bortle 7 location in Monterrey, NL, Mexico with Skywatcher Esprit 100ED at 368mm F3.6 (APEX-L reducer), Antlia Pro filters (Ha, O3, S2 and G) and QHY268M camera. Mounted on Orion Atlas EQ-G, guided with QHYminiscope, operated from NINA. Calibrated and processed with PixInsight, panorama stitching in AstroPixelProcessor. Assembled in preudoRGB palette: HGO used for stars, so yellow stars are kept yellow, while using HOO (with color modifiers - HO and HS) for the nebula.

Exposures per pane
Pane 1: Ha = 32 x 600", O3 = 90 x 600", S2 = 32 x 600", G = 98 x 60"
Pane 2: Ha = 30 x 600", O3 = 88 x 600", S2 = 33 x 600", G = 111 x 60"
Pane 3: Ha = 26 x 600", O3 = 102 x 600", S2 = 55 x 600", G = 128 x 60"
Pane 4: Ha = 45 x 600", O3 = 60 x 600", S2 = 27 x 600", G = 130 x 60"
Total integration time: ~111 hours

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Heart and Soul of Cassiopeia, Pavel Vorobiev