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Hi we had a clear night on 14/02/18 so took advantage of it and as it was Valentines day thought we would image the Heart nebula the result is below channel assignments were deliberate to make it red as I did not like the standard hubble version.
Scope : APM-LZOS 130/780 F6
Mount : Skywatcher EQ6-R
Flattener/reducer : Massimo Riccardi 0.75x for LZOS so scope at F4.5 for this image.
Camera: ASI 1600MM PRO + ZWO 8 Position Filter Wheel
Filters : Ha / OIII / SII Baader 7nm
Guiding : Altair 60mm Scope + GPCAM 290M
Control : Eagle 2 Pro + Sesto Senso + Ecco for Dew Control
Software SharpCap Pro : for Image Capture, Live Stack Preview and Polar Alignment / PHD for guiding / EQMOD via EQDirect Cable / Stellarium
Processing via Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop CS
Exposures : Ha 19 x 180s , OIII 25 x 180S, SII 28 x 180S all at Gain 200 Offset 22 at -20C 1x1 Binned
Assigned as Palette R =Ha G= Sii B= OIII
Cheers
Nick
