IC1805 (Heart Nebula) in False Color
Synthetic colors, synthetic luminance and real stars
Equipment:
Refractor, 71 mm aperture, 350 mm focal length
Reducer (none, 5-element astrograph)
QSI683 CCD (Kodak KAF8300 sensor)
QSI integrated Filter Wheel (1.25” Baader filters)
QSI integrated off-axis guider with Lodestar CCD
Paramount MX, Berlebach tripod
Software: (Windows 7)
Sequence Generator Pro, ASCOM drivers
PHD2 autoguider software
PixInsight (Mac OSX)
Exposure: (Hα, SII, OIII, RGB)
Hα, SII, OIII bin 1; 15 × 1,200 seconds each
RGB bin 1; 10 × 200 seconds each
IC1805 is a large emission nebula, mostly formed from ionized hydrogen plasma, powered by the radiation from the star cluster (Melotte 15) at its center. Its shape resembles a ...
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