IC 1805 - Heart Nebula (Mark Germani)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas) · Contains: IC 1795 · IC 1805 · NGC 1027 · NGC 896

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IC 1805 - Heart Nebula

I've been meaning to capture this target for some time now, and I thought it would be a good test of my new L-eXtreme filter. Wow, was it ever! I was able to get such good contrast and detail that I could frame the shot using the nebulosity in the image rather than checking the stars.

I decided to rotate the camera 45 degrees to frame the shot to include as much nebulosity as I could, but it was a pain to centre - I might not bother next time. My Skyguider's batteries died on the second night, and I can't hook up the power bank in subzero temperatures because it charges the main battery while it powers the mount, which could damage the battery when it's that cold.

And then there was cloud, and snow, and Christmas, and I had to settle for just shy of 4 hours. Despite the detail, there's still a lot of that mottled "waffle" noise in the finished image, and I've never done so many "final" edits on an image before, but this will have to do for now.

This was fun to image, and I can't wait to use the L-eXtreme on more targets!

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