Melotte 15 / IC1805 in Cassiopia
with 10" f/3.9 Astrograph
Uploaded 11/27/21
This
stunning sparse cluster lies at the heart of, well, the "Heart
Nebula" . This small 1 degree field shows pillars of nebulosity
with structure and dark details. Total exposure 4 hours. |
Instrument: 10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian with Baader MPCC
Mount: Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera: SBIG 10XME NABG with Enhanced Water Cooling
Guider: ASI120 w/80mm Vixen piggyback refractor
Exposure: 4 Hours Total integration time: 1h RGB, 3h Ha 3nm
AstroDon RGB Combine Ratio: 1: 1.05: 1.2
Location: Payson, Arizona, Elevation: 5150 ft.
Sky: Seeing FWHM = 3 arcsec , Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature: 45 F
CCD Temperature: -25 C
Image Processing Tools:
Maxim DL6: Calibration, Deepsky Stacker, PixInsight: Curves, Deconvolution
Photoshop CC Curves, Color Correction, Cleanup
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