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.

            
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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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