Other Names: IC 1805, Sh 2-190
Optics: Meade 10" ACF SCT at f/9.4
Mount: Paramount MX using
The SkyX Pro Camera: QSI 683WSG-8 Filters: Astrodon Ha 3nm, OIII 3nm, SII 3nm
Exposure: 4890 Mins or
81.5 hours, [49 Ha, 19.5 OIII, 13 SII], 1800s exposures, Binned 2x2
Accessories: Auto guided with Starlight Xpress
Adaptive Optics, Starlight Xpress
Lodestar &
PHD2.
FLI
Atlas focuser using
FocusMax 4.1.0.72 Location: Burlington, ON, Canada Date: Taken over several nights from July 9th, to September 23rd, 2018
Notes: This is the most data I have ever collected for one image. Over 80 hours of data was acquired using
TSX Pro and
MaxPilote automation software.
Processing: Image calibration, & align in Maxim DL Pro. Levels, curves, cosmetic adjustments and crop/resize in Photoshop. Color mapped to the SHO palette in PS & adjusted using selective color option. Calibrated w/32 Darks, 100 Bias, 50 Flats of each filter using natural sky flats. CCD temperature was -20C & -25C depending on the night. Image was taken from my backyard
Observatory.
Link to Ha Version: https://astromarina.zenfolio.com/p264248004/hb87af262#hb87af262 Melotte 15 lies in the heart of the Heart Nebula and lies some 7500 light years away from Earth in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787.