Soul Nebula

[crimbfighter]

Astrophotography project 2 of 2 from the last three nights of clear skies, the Soul Nebula, IC 1848! The Soul Nebula is near the Heart Nebula, between the constellations Cassiopeia and Camelopardalis. This is a large target, so i had to shoot this as a two panel mosaic (panorama) because it wouldnt fit in the field of view of a single frame. The two panels were then stitched together to make the final image. The second image is the same as the first, but converted to an SHO color pallet to showcase the different gasses. I wish I didn't have to reduce the image size for posting, because the full res image has a ton of neat detail in it.

-Celestron AVX mount
-Astro-Tech AT130EDT 130mm f/7 telescope with a 0.8x reducer, making it a 728mm focal length, f/5.6 scope.
-ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooled camera
-ZWO EAF focuser
-Optolong L-Extreme dual narrowband filter
-Pegasus Astro Mini Powerbox
-Orion 60mm guide scope
-Orion Starshoot autoguider
-Controlled with a MeLE Quieter3Q mini PC running Windows

Software
-Sequence Generator Pro for acquisition
-PixInsight and Photoshop for image processing
-PHD2 guiding software

-100 x 180sec subexposures, 50 per panel
-calibrated with 15 each darks, flats, and dark flats
-Total integration time of 4hrs

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And as always the imaging setup for reference

 

[Jeff15]

Amazing photographs as usual...

 

[crimbfighter]

Amazing photographs as usual...

Thanks!

 

[terri]

Awesome! Love the colors and shapes in this one.

Incredible work.

 

[slat]

Great as always.

 

[jeffashman]

Wonderful!