Heart Nebula Close Up (IC1805, Narrowband)

I've imaged the Heart Nebula before with my FLT91 and my Redcat 51, so I wanted to get closer and see the difference in detail with my FLT132. My previous project was to image the Fish Head Nebula up close (see flic.kr/p/2qg6dbf) , so I decided to move the scope a little bit and image the Heart Nebula as a follow up.

 

In my personal opinion, this area of space consisting of the Heart, Soul and Fish Head nebulae, is one of the most beautiful and rewarding to image. I hope you like it too.

 

I used my FLT132 with the Flat8 0.72x reducer, ZWO ASI2600MC pro with the Antlia ALP-T 5nm Ha & Oiii narrowband. I managed to get almost 24 hours integration time and I'm pleased with the outcome.

 

I used PixInsight to pre/post process as well as final touches with Affinity Photo 2.

 

More acquisition details in Astrobin: astrob.in/zze4n4/0/

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Clear Skies

Eduardo

 

==== From Wikipedia =====

The Heart Nebula is an emission nebula, 7500 light years away from Earth and located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787. It displays glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes.

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