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Conway Arkansas United States
10:10 pm
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses:
Stellarvue SVX130T-R
Imaging Cameras:
ZWO ASI1600MC Pro
Mounts:
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Filters:
Antlia 3.5nm Narrowband H-alpha 1.25" · Antlia 3.5nm Narrowband Oxygen III 1.25"
Accessories:
Optec ThirdLynx QuickSync FTX40 · ZWO EFW 8 x 1.25″ / 31mm
Software:
Adobe Photoshop · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses:
William Optics UniGuide 50
Guiding Cameras:
ZWO ASI120MM Mini
Very little was required in post processing. The images were stacked in pixinsight. Some light noise reduction was applied prior to stretching the image. After this the monochrome Hydrogen alpha and Oxygen III pictures were combined into an HOO format to get this color image.
this is LDN1369. The center of the heart nebula. It is rich in ionized hydrogen, oxygen and sulfur gases along with dark dust lanes. It is such a beautiful and dynamic region of the sky. I have wanted to shoot this area for sometime, and couldn't be happier with the results
