IC1805 (Heart nebula) and Mel 15

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Description

Emission nebula with embedded star cluster in constellation Cassiopeia, size 60'x60'.

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Date

September 15 & 16 & 21 & 22, 2007

Telescope

Pentax 75 SDHF @f/6.7 (f=500mm), Losmandy G11 mount, FS2 drive unit

CCD Camera

ST-2000XM at -15°C

Exposure

Hα mosaic consisting of 5 images with different exposure times (7200s - 12000s), 84 frames in total, each 600s. Total exposure time 14 hours

Localisation

Hofheim / Rhein-Main area

Conditions

Light pollution

Note

Averag conditions, partly cloudy. Different exposure times due to changing conditions. Noisy ration in the frames varies.

Image Processing

RC, processing with MaxIm and Photoshop