The Heart and HB3 (plus StDr61 and another unknown) (Bray Falls)

The Heart and HB3 (plus StDr61 and another unknown)

It is very common when photographing the heart nebula, IC1805, to include the soul nebula in the same shot or in a mosaic. However, on the other side of the heart nebula is something even cooler, the supernova remnant HB3. It is quite faint but the structure is incredible, and it almost appears to mirror IC1805. On the top of the frame is StDr61, a discovery by my friends @Marcel Drechsler @Xavier Strottner, it has an interesting elliptical shape in Oiii, which I did not shoot very much of (very off-brand for me). At the bottom of the frame is another potential PN discovery I've submitted. It is a random Oiii spot it seems. I shot this object with the hopes of having something to post without waiting for nebula verification, so I am posting this regardless and we will see if it gets approved at a later date!

BTW if anyone has Oiii data on this spot, it would be a massive help to get this verified if it shows in someone else's scope.

Also, I've just launched my advanced image processing course on my website, I'm going to be posting a workflow there for this image soon along with the 7hrs of videos already available.

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Distribution of astrophotographers

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	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape
Artificial satellite

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

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