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The Hoagy Carmichael Complex (Heart & Soul Nebulae), Chris Kagy
The Hoagy Carmichael Complex (Heart & Soul Nebulae)
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The Hoagy Carmichael Complex (Heart & Soul Nebulae)

The Hoagy Carmichael Complex (Heart & Soul Nebulae), Chris Kagy
The Hoagy Carmichael Complex (Heart & Soul Nebulae)
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The Hoagy Carmichael Complex (Heart & Soul Nebulae)

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I continue to enjoy this exploration of monochrome mosaics of large objects. This began as a simple (?!) 6 panel mosaic of the Heart Nebula, but friends encouraged (??) me to extend it to include the Soul as well. The result is this 8 panel (2 x 4) view of these nebulae.  

Like my other mosaics, this was taken from just outside Washington, DC, using an 80mm scope, an ASI1600mm Pro, and Astrodon 3nm Ha filter.  Small scope and older tech camera for the win!

With this project I experimented with lowering my camera gain to get back more dynamic range. Each panel is 6, 10 min exposures in at Gain 75, rather than my usual Gain 200. I didn't find it more difficult to process, and goodness knows there was detail to pull out.

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The Hoagy Carmichael Complex (Heart & Soul Nebulae), Chris Kagy

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