Heart Nebula (IC 1805) - Color

Date: 1/6/2020

Description The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190, lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787. It is an emission nebula showing glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes. [Ref: WikiPedia]

Sky Conditions: Clear skies most of the nights with 50% moon shine ,  FWHM: 2.8 arc sec/pixel

Imaging: Exposure: 90 min Color de-bayered (30 x 180 sec) at 1x1bin using Narrowband LPF

Guiding: unguided

Equipment:

ZWO ASI 183 Color Pro -10 deg C

8” RASA at F2

Paramount ME Mount

SW:

SkyX, PixIsight -  calibration with darks, bias and color correction

Observatory site : Northern VA

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