Well Thursday night last week 14/02 turned out to be pretty clear although the moon was reasonably well up so we thought we would have ago at narrowband on the Heart Nebula the result is below the colours were assigned as Ha =Red Sii = Green and Oiii = Blue.
Scope : APM-LZOS 130/780 F6
Mount : Skywatcher EQ6-R
Flattener/reducer : Massimo Riccardi 0.75x for LZOS so scope at F4.5 for this image.
Camera: ASI 1600MM PRO + ZWO 8 Position Filter Wheel
Filters : Ha / OIII / SII Baader 7nm
Guiding : Altair 60mm Scope + GPCAM 290M
Control : Eagle 2 Pro + Sesto Senso + Ecco for Dew Control
Software SharpCap Pro : for Image Capture, Live Stack Preview and Polar Alignment / PHD for guiding / EQMOD via EQDirect Cable / Stellarium
Processing via Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop CS
Exposures : Ha 19 x 180s , OIII 25 x 180S, SII 28 x 180S all at Gain 200 Offset 22 at -20C 1x1 Binned
19_02_14 - IC1805 Heart Nebula Ha 19x180s Oiii 25x180s Sii 28x180s 200g 0.75x by Nick Davis, on Flickr
Cheers
Nick
Heart Nebula
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Re: Heart Nebula
Very nice, Nick!
That's 3.6 hours total integration time.
You were busy getting that in one night.
That's 3.6 hours total integration time.
You were busy getting that in one night.
Re: Heart Nebula
That is a good capture of IC1805 Nick.
Dave
Dave
Re: Heart Nebula
Thanks, it was not too bad I usually aim to pack up before 1am so I get some sleep and make the most of the odd clear night.
Cheers
Nick
Cheers
Nick