Monday 28 October 2013

IC1805 The Heart nebula

IC1805 The Heart nebula. This large exstended object lies in the constellation of Cassiopea the Queen.
This image was taken using an Atik 383L monochrome CCD camera and an 80mm F7 refractor with PHD auto-guiding. The exposure times were sixty minutes using narrowband pass filters (H-alpha and O111). Twenty minute exposures were used for each colour filter RGB filter. Five minute sub frames were used, combined with matching dark frames, making a total exposure time of 180 minutes.

RGB

Narrowband

Narrowband + RGB