IC1805 Heart Nebula Hubble Palette Narrowband

Curdridge Observatory, Southampton,UK
Object name: IC1805 Heart Nebula
Apparent RA: Apparent Dec:
Constellation: Cassiopeia
24 Oct 2015

This Autumn's "Moon" project: The Heart Nebula, IC1805 in Hubble palette narrowband. In September and October we had a large number of clear nights with the Moon bright, so used these nights on a bright Narrowband target. Around 25 hours total exposure time.

View full sized image of IC1805 Heart Nebula

This object is part of the Sharpless Catalogue of HII regions

This image was autoguided using my homemade off axis guider with Lodestar.

Imaged with my homemade telescope mount

Exposure Details :

Astrodon 3nm Ha 20x1500s on 90 @ F4 f.l. 409 with Atik 490 camera
Astrodon 6nm SII 22x1500s on 90 @ F4 f.l. 409 with Atik 490 camera
Baader 8nm OIII 20x1500s on 90 @ F4 f.l. 409 with Atik 490 camera

Equipment:

Skywatcher 200 Newt (upgraded with OO Hilux secondary)
Sky 90 Refractor
Homemade focus motor
Homemade filterwheel / OAG combo with Lodestar guide camera
Atik 490 CCD camera
Homemade Telescope mount

Curdridge Observatory, Southampton,UK