A couple more from the 2012/2013 imaging season

[broca (Steve Coates)]

Here is the Heart and Soul nebula from the fall of 2012.
IC 1848 the Soul nebula
Emission nebulae in Cassiopeia ~7,500 light years from Earth
Taken November 8 and 9, 2012
Ocala, Florida
RGB: 1 hour Red, 1 hour Green and 1 hour 18 min Blue (binned 1x1)
Ha: 2 hour 15 min (binned 1x1)
Click here to view Narrowband image
PS CS5
Orion 80mm EON (FL 480mm)
Orion 50mm guide scope with SSAG
QSI 683 ws
Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II
Astrodon Tru-balance E-Series Generation II LRGB filters
Baader 7 nm Ha filter


IC 1805 the Heart nebula (NGC 896 located in the upper right corner of image)
~7,500 light years from Earth
Emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia
Imaged November 10, 11 and 18, 2012 from Ocala, Florida
RGB: 1 hour Red, 1 hour Green and 1 hour 6 min Blue (binned 1x1)
Ha: 2 hour 15 min (binned 1x1)
Click here to view Narrowband image
PS CS5
Orion 80mm EON (FL 480mm)
Orion 50mm guide scope with SSAG
QSI 683 ws
Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II
Astrodon Tru-balance E-Series Generation II LRGB filters
Baader 7 nm Ha filter
Comments and suggestions are always welcome and thanks for looking.

[Joshua Bunn (Joshua)]

nice work Steve, you've got some vivid colors there.

Josh

[broca (Steve Coates)]

Thanks Joshua. This past year was my first full year of CCD imaging with an Ha filter. I was a DSLR guy when I first started with AP...
So far I have found that I can image in LP skies much easier with a mono CCD vs DSLR.