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IC1848 Soul Nebula
IC1848 is actually the open star cluster in the lower right of the picture. IC1871 can also be found towards the upper middle, looking a little bit like a knight's boot.
This is a 4 panel mosaic captured on the 5th of December 2023 at the Astronomy Centre, Todmorden, UK.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c gain 100, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.
4 panels combined, each panel made up from 15 exposures, 180 seconds each exposure.
Darks, Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker, stitched together in Microsoft ICE and processed in StarTools & Affinity Photo.
IC1848 Soul Nebula
IC1848 is actually the open star cluster in the lower right of the picture. IC1871 can also be found towards the upper middle, looking a little bit like a knight's boot.
This is a 4 panel mosaic captured on the 5th of December 2023 at the Astronomy Centre, Todmorden, UK.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c gain 100, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.
4 panels combined, each panel made up from 15 exposures, 180 seconds each exposure.
Darks, Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker, stitched together in Microsoft ICE and processed in StarTools & Affinity Photo.