Heart Nebula
Heart Nebula: The extended emission nebula in Cassiopeia, called properly Heart Nebula, is very typical for this kind of galactic nebulae. A cluster of hot young stars in the center, just being born out of their stellar nursary, are exciting the gas and dust clouds from where they were born and so shape and illuminate them in phantastic structures.
The nebula to the right is IC 1795.
Object |
Heart Nebula |
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Catagory |
Nebulae |
Designation |
IC 1805 |
Constellation |
Cassiopeia |
Optics |
Vixen R200SS 8 inch f/4.6 with Televue Paracorr SBIG |
Camera |
SBIG STL 11000M with internal CFW 5 |
Exposure |
6 x 20min (1x1 bin) Baader H-alpha filter, 6x5min (1x1 bin) each Astrodon True Balance RGB filterset.Maxim DL for image acquisition |
Calibration |
Dark and Flat Frame |
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Guiding |
Meade DSI Pro II and TMB 80 as Guide Scope, Maxim DL as guiding software |
Mount |
Takahashi EM-11 |
Processing |
Maxim DL5, Photoshop. Color Code L:H-alpha,R:H-alpha/R,G,B |
Location, Date |
Eningen, Germany - 22+28 Aug 2009 |
Remark |
Rob Gendler´s H-alpha/R channel blend technique |
