Melotte 15 – SHO
Melotte 15 – SHO
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Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses : Planewave CDK12.5
Imaging Cameras : QHYCCD QHY268 M · None – Astrophysics AP1100 CP4 Unguided
Mounts : Astro-Physics 1100GTO
Filters : Chroma H-alpha 3nm Bandpass 50 mm · Chroma OIII 3nm Bandpass 50 mm · Chroma SII 3nm Bandpass 50 mm
Accessories : Planewave Reducer 0.66x CDK12.5-14-17
Software : Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)
Guiding Cameras : None – Astrophysics AP1100 CP4 Unguided
Acquisition details
Dates : Oct. 31, 2021
Frames : Chroma H-alpha 3nm Bandpass 50 mm: 62×300″(5h 10′)
Chroma OIII 3nm Bandpass 50 mm: 66×300″(5h 30′)
Chroma SII 3nm Bandpass 50 mm: 61×300″(5h 5′)
Integration : 15h 45′
Avg. Moon age : 24.73 days
Avg. Moon phase : 23.89%
Description
The central region of the Heart Nebula, IC 1805. Stellar winds create the majestic shape some 7,500 light years from Earth. Young stars ionize the gases causing them to glow, contrasted by the dark silhouettes composed primarily of dust.
This image was captured through 3nm ultra-narrowband filters and is a composite of ionized Sulphur, Hydrogen, and Oxygen atoms and displayed with a modified SHO “Hubble” Palette. Data was collected over 3 nights from the 26th to 31th of October 2021 from the outskirts of Vancouver, Canada (Bortle 6).
