IC 1805 - Heart Nebula

IC 1805 - Heart Nebula

Description

Reprocess of my first attempt on the heart nebula, using Seti Astro Suite Pro.

This is my first attempt on IC 1805 aka The Heart Nebula.

I used the Optolong L-extreme filter with a DSLR (Nikon D5300) not a clipped in filter but a 2” in the M48 ring adapter.

The telescope used is the Skywatcher Evostar 80EDX from the new EDX series.

Mind that I do this with a very limited view, with very heavy light pollution, showing the potential of if you doing it the right way, from only a balcony you can actually get some nice results, also giving that in mind that I am a complete beginner in astrophotography, so definitely there is a lot to improve on!

Gear

Telescope: Skywatcher Evostar 80EDX

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5-PRO

Guide Scope: ZWO ASI120MM

Camera: Nikon D5300

Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme

Other: ASIAIR Mini, ZWO EAF

Calibration

Sub-exposures: 48 Frames

Sub-length: 240 seconds

Calibration Frame

Darks: 30 Frames

Flats: 40 Frames

Dark-Flats: 40 Frames

Images

IC 1805 Heart Nebula
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