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IC1848 Soul Nebula

Image Description and Details : IC1848 Soul Nebula.

Soul nebula IC1848, narrowband processed. The stars are forming in the soul of the Queen of Ethiopia. More specifically, in a star-forming region called Soul Nebula can be found in the constellation Cassiopeia, a constellation Greek mythology identified as the arrogant wife of a king who has long ruled the lands around the top river Nile. the Soul nebula contains several open clusters of stars, an intense radio source known as W5 and huge bubbles formed by winds from massive young stars. Located about 6,500 light-years away, the Soul Nebula spans about 100 light years.
Technical data:

Remote Observatory "FarLightTeam"
Team: Jesús M. Vargas, Bittor Zabalegui,José Esteban, Marc Valero.
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 ED 530mm f/5
CCDs: QSI683 wsg8
Filters: Baader Planetarium - Halpha-SII-OIII
Mount: 10Micron GM1000 HPS
Imaging Software: Voyager
Processing Software: PixInsight-AstroPixelProcessor

Imaging Data:

Captured through 12 December 2021 to 21 February 2022, ( Fregenal de la Sierra ) Badajoz, Spain.

Image composed of a Mosaic of 2 tiles:
Ha: 94x1200"
SII-OIII: 147x1200"
Darks, flats, bias

Copyright: Remote Observatory "FarLightTeam"
Team: Jesús M. Vargas, Bittor Zabalegui,José Esteban, Marc Valero 

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2021, November 2021 Jason Matter 2021, November 2021 Jason Matter

soul nebula

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Telescop Service TS-PHOTON 10" F4 Advanced Newtonian Telescope with Carbon Tube

Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI294MM Pro

Mounts: iOptron CEM70 CEM70-NUC

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Williams Optics RedCat 51

Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI290MM Mini

Focal reducers: Telescope Service TS-Optics NEWTON Coma Corrector 1.0x TSGPU Superflat - 4-element

Software: PixInsight · Lightroom · Photoshop

Filters: Astronomik S2 1.25" 6nm · Astronomik 1.25" Ha 6nm · Astronomik 1.25" OIII 6nm

Accessory: MoonLite CRL 2.5" Focuser/Stepper Motor/V2 mini Controller · ZWO EFW 1.25" 8 positions

Frames:
Astronomik 1.25" Ha 6nm: 61x180" (3h 3') -20C bin 2x2
Astronomik 1.25" OIII 6nm: 67x180" (3h 21')-20C bin 2x2
Astronomik S2 1.25" 6nm: 70x180" (3h 30') -20C bin 2x2

Integration: 9h 54'

Copyright: Andrei Gusan

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October 2021, 2021 Jason Matter October 2021, 2021 Jason Matter

Heart, Soul & Bear Claw

Image Description and Details : Imaging telescope: TPO Ultrawide 180
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6R-PRO
Guiding telescope: ZWO Mini Guide Scope
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini

Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInisight, Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor, ZWO ASIAir Pro, Photoshop CC
Filters: Optolong L-eXtreme 2", Optolong L-Pro 2''

Dates: Sept. 28, 2021, Sept. 29, 2021, Oct. 5, 2021, Oct. 8, 2021, Oct. 9, 2021, Oct. 10, 2021, Oct. 11, 2021

Frames:
Optolong L-Pro 2'': 60x60" (1h) (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1
Optolong L-eXtreme 2": 96x1200" (32h) (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1
Integration: 33h
Darks: 40
Flats: 40
Flat darks: 40

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 8.00

Copyright: Jeffrey Horne

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October 2021, 2021 Jason Matter October 2021, 2021 Jason Matter

Soul Nebula

This complex is the eastern neighbor of IC1805 (Heart Nebula) and the two are often mentioned together as the "Heart and Soul". Located about 6,000 light-years from Earth, the Heart and Soul nebulae form a vast star-forming complex that makes up part of the Perseus spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. The Soul nebula is also known as the Embryo nebula, IC 1848 or W5.The Perseus arm lies further from the centre of the Milky Way than the arm that contains our sun. The Heart and Soul nebulae stretch out nearly 580 light-years across; the diameter of the Milky Way, is roughly 100,000 light-years across.Imaging telescope: Takahashi FSQ130EDImaging cameras: FLI ML16200Mounts: Takahashi EM 400 Temma 2MGuiding cameras: QHY CCD QHY 5 IIFocal Extender / Reducer: Tak QE 0.73x Software: PHD 2, Astro Pixel Processer, PixInsight , Sequence Generator Pro SGPFilters: Astrodon Ha + Astrodon OIII + Astrodon SIIAccessories: ATIK EFW3Original Resolution: 3500 x 2500 Dates: Sep 15 - Oct 5, 2021Frames:Astrodon Ha: 42 x 600"Astrodon OIII: 42 x 600"Astrodon SII: 42 x 600"Integration: 21 Hours.Center (RA, Dec): (43.568, 60.344)Center (RA, hms): 02h 54m 16.291sCenter (Dec, dms): +60° 20' 38.560"Size: 2.52 x 1.8 degRadius: 1.551 degPixel scale: 2.6 arcsec/pixelOrientation: Up is 180 degrees E of N

Copyright: Brendan Kinch

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2020 Jason Matter 2020 Jason Matter

A whole lotta soul ic1848

Image Description and Details : Ic 1848. The soul nebula
I am completely IN LOVE with this area of the sky. The nebulosity is so incredible. wide field or close. It's so wonderful
I was able to capture this over 5 nights.
I went to a high gain for a while but ti is challenging to calibrate out so I returned to 200_50 after this image
~~~~Tekkie stuffs:
Telescope: Explorer scientific Ed 80 FCD-100
Camera: ASI1600pro
Filters: Astrodon E series
Mount: Atlas EQ-G
Guiding camera: 290 mini with OAG
SHO~. 84:86:85 300 sec images
Total integration time: 21.25 hours
Seeing/ environment: 2-3
Bortle Class: Class 5/6 Backyard~ Central Indiana
Dates of acquisition: 10/4-5 11/5-8, 2020
processing Pixinsight:
processing: considerations. MULTIPLE nights with good alignment (2 degree error allowed in SGP)
synth lum created for Decon
Aligned all to each other.
Crop
DBE individually
SHO combine with 15% of Ha added to R and 10% to Blue
SHO workflow~BGN; MLT for Noise reduction
Lum workflow~decon with autopsf 40 iterations 5 layers;
MLT for noise reduction
Arc sin for SHO and chose HT for Lum with Bg at 10% for both
TGVDN
LHE after for small and larger kernels masked for the nebula
Curves with range and color and Lum masking for lightness and sat boost
LOADS of masking to bring colors.
XPTR with Lum mask for lum boost;
MLT for sharpening.
Morph to reduce the stars just a bit and ICC to end

Copyright Information: Dawn Lowryl

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2020 Jason Matter 2020 Jason Matter

Soul Nebula in HASHO

Image Description and Details :

The Soul Nebula in HASHO 12” RC Truss reduced by 0.8, Moravian G3 16200, LB Astro OAG, 3nm Chroma filters and on the incredible Paramount Me.Ha 30x1800OIII 30x1200 bin 2x2SIII 24x1200 bin 2x2

Copyright Information: ioan popa

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