Several years ago I renewed my interest in astronomy by purchasing a Meade LX90 telescope. I enjoy imaging deep sky objects and maintaining an ongoing journal about them and my processing methods. I hope my enthusiam for my hobby comes through to viewers of this blogsite.
Rick Murray
Sunday, September 10, 2006
IC1805 Heart Nebula
©2006 Richard Murray
NASA Image
The top image shows the portion of the nebula I imaged and the image at bottom shows the full Heart Nebula with a box indicating the approximate area that was imaged.
Techno Stuff: 9/3/06 LX90 8" SCT, ATK-16hr, Taurus Mini Tracker, HA Filter, Taurus .50 focal reducer for about F5, 26 x 360 secs autoguided, no darks, Binning 1x1, Processed in ImageViewca, Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight, Neat Image. Notes: Mag 6.5, Size 60', Focus Star: CAS SAO 11482, Reference Star: Segin SAO 12031
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