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IC 1805 & 1848 / Heart and Soul Nebulae (The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Robotic Telescope), Mark Germani
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IC 1805 & 1848 / Heart and Soul Nebulae (The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Robotic Telescope)

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IC 1805 & 1848 / Heart and Soul Nebulae (The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Robotic Telescope), Mark Germani
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IC 1805 & 1848 / Heart and Soul Nebulae (The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Robotic Telescope)

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Mining the data from the DSLR mounted to the RASC Robotic Telescope, I discovered two sessions encompassing star clusters IC 1848 and IC 1871 - evidently targets of opportunity while the main telescope collected more specific data. The overlap was about 75%, so I figured it was worth stacking the sessions together to see if I could leverage the extra data. The stars are always a little challenging with the 200mm lens, but BlurXterminator has rendered this data largely useable.

This region of the sky is home to two very popular emission nebulae, commonly known as the Heart and Soul nebulae. This is a tight crop - the nebulae were closer to the edge of the frame and I wanted them centered - but it includes an impressive trail of ionized hydrogen leading away from the Heart nebula, which was probably my favourite feature captured in this data. Thanks to the RASC team for both sessions!

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