IC1805 - the Heart Nebula - a photo on Flickriver

            First autumn after switching to a slow refractor and I am quickly falling in love with this scope. I decided to drizzle the image as I felt it really was beneficial to how BlurX was working on the data. Started with LinearFit on SII and OIII using Ha as reference, then a histogram stretch and NarrowbandNormalization. Finally I did a slight ImageBlend of the image with the image itself using SoftLight blend mode after watching one of Adam Block's very useful videos and finished it off by adding RGB stars.

Optics: Takahashi TOA-130NFB w/TOA 645 flattener at 990mm focal length
Camera: ASI62000MM Pro
Mount: 10Micron GM2000HPS
Exposure: R=15x60s, G=15x60s, G=15x60s, Ha=55x600s, OIII=152x600s, SII=158x600s +Darks, Flats
Total integration time: 61hrs 35min
Filters: Chroma
Captured with kStars & Ekos
Processed in Pixinsight
Shot from Bjarkebu Observatory near Ytre Enebakk/Norway on several nights in September, October and November 2024.
   

Taken on: November 6, 2024

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