Flickr-IC_1805_APP PS-September 01, 2020

Heart Nebula (IC 1805), 08/27/2020

 

Last weekend I headed back out to the Buck Creek campground, this time by myself. The weather was clear and the moon was not yet full and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. I was able to setup my big telescope and two separate cameras to capture images. I’ll post the other pictures soon. It was a successful trip all around.

This is the Heart Nebula and it is huge. If the Heart Nebula was as easy to see as the Moon, it would be almost ten times the size in the night sky. It is found in the constellation of Cassiopeia and is some 7500 light-years away. The lower portion of the Heart Nebula has its own designation NGC 896 and is called the Fish head Nebula. It seems to me that these two nebulae where easy to name.

 

Equipment:

RASA 8

CGEM-dx mount

ZWO ASI294MC-Pro

ZWO Asiair Pro

Optolong L-Pro filter

 

Details:

Location – Buck Creek Campground, WA

Bortle Class 3

Gain 120

56 300-second Lights (4.67 hours)

60 Darks

60 Bias

60 Flats

Astro Pixel Processor

Lightroom

Photoshop

 

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