IC1805 & NGC896: the heart nebula

Image made at La Blaque, Varage, S-France during the nights of 22-23-24 September 2009.

Telescope: TMB80 f/6 APO refractor with TeleVue reducer = f/4.8.

Mount: AP Mach 1.

Camera: SBIG ST-STL-4020 working @ -25°C..

Exposure: 1x1 binning, Baader H-alfa and RGB filters: H-Alfa: 3 hours, Red 1hr 40m, Green 1hr 40m, Blue 1hr 40m.

Image acquisition: SB CCDSOFT V5

Image processing: SB CCDSOFT V5 and Photoshop.

Conditions: clear sky with good seeing.

Image at 50% size in H-AlfaRGB, image H-Alfa alone further down.

H-Alfa image at 50 %, for full size click here.