IC 1848 - The Soul Nebula

Date image was taken: 8/23/2020

Image Description and Details : Location: Stinger of Scorpius Observatory, Filiates, Thesprotia - Greece.

Stars are forming in the Soul of the Queen of Aethopia. More specifically, a large star forming region called the Soul Nebula can be found in the direction of the constellation Cassiopeia, who Greek mythology credits as the vain wife of a King who long ago ruled lands surrounding the upper Nile river. The Soul Nebula houses several open clusters of stars, a large radio source known as W5, and huge evacuated bubbles formed by the winds of young massive stars. Located about 6,500 light years away, the Soul Nebula spans about 100 light years and is usually imaged next to its celestial neighbor the Heart Nebula (IC 1805)

Work in ready.....

Bortle Scale: Class 4
Constellation: Cassiopeia
Imaging Telescope: William optics star 71 f/4.9
Equatorial Mount: Avalon linear fast reverse (Avalon Instruments)
Guide Scope : Skywatcher ed80 Black Diamond
Guide Camera:ZWO ASI290MM Mini (mono)
Main Camera: CCD Atik One 6.0 Monochrome
Filters: Astrodon Hydrogen Alpha 5nm
Astrodon Oxygen iii 3nm
Baader Sulfor ii 8nm
Exposures: 60X600sec for Hydrogen Alpha : (10 hours total)
60X600sec for Oxygen iii : (10 hours total)
42X600sec for Sulfor ii : (7 hours total)
Binning: 1x1 for each filter
Image Calibration: 60 dark frames, 230 bias frames, 35 flat frames
Sensor temperature: -10°C
Image acquisition software: Artemis Capture
Telescope guiding software: PHD2
Processing software: Pixinsight - CCD stack - Photoshop CS6
Acquisition dates: 14/08/2020 - 16/08/2020 (H-Alpha Filter)
17/08/2020 - 20/08/2020 (O iii Filter)
22/08/2020 - 23/08/2020 (S ii Filter)
Total exposure : 27 hours

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