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Heart & Soul Nebulae

This is a wide field image of both Heart (IC 1805) & Soul (IC 1848) Nebulae in the constellation of Cassiopeia. These Huge nebulae are 6 degrees across the sky. The Heart nebula is very faint and larger than Soul nebula. It equals 5 times the size of full moon. The stars are forming in the middle of the heart nebula. Sometimes, Soul nebula is called Embryo nebula. Gear setup: WO Redcat51 f/4.9, Optolong e-Nhance, iOptron SkyGuider pro unguided, ZWO ASI2400 MC pro @ -10C. Acquisition by ASIair, 29 x 300 sec, 20 Darks, 50 Bias, Flat 20, total integration of 2 hrs & 25 min. Stacked by DSS and processed by PS, Topaz denoise AI.

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Uploaded on September 21, 2021