IC 1805 the heart nebula

lee housden

home observatory essex

celestron cpc 8 pier mounted on eq wedge 80 mm skywatcher apo piggybacked qhy5 guide camera focal reducer phd guiding imaging camera qhy10 ccd with light pollution filter and dew control all mounted in roll of roof observatory

this is my first image with my new qhy10 ccd camera im very pleased with this image as it has taken me a long time to get to grips with ccd imaging a very steep learning curve after using a DLSR this is 14 600 seconds exp calibrated with flats darks and bias frames all processed in pixinsight

2013-11-01T00:00:00