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Melotte 15
Melotte 15 is the core of IC 1805, known as the Heart nebula. This is a very active star forming region with really nice pillar structure and dark structures of gas which are condensing and forming new stars. Processed in the Hubble SHO color palette with RGB stars.
First light for a Ritchey-Chretien 10″ truss tube telescope along with 50×50 filter wheel and 6200mm camera.
Location
Location: Pendleton, Oregon
Observatory: ASG Dual Dome Observatory
Bortle: 4
Equipment
Telescope: TPO Ritchey-Chretien 10″ Truss Tube telescope using TSRCRed-G2 .8x reducer.
Filters: Astronomik MaxFR 50x50mm Square SHO & Deep Sky LRGB
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 6200mm-pro Monochrome
Tilt & BackFocus Adjuster: ASG Electronically Assisted Tilt (EAT)
Mount: iOptron CEM 120EC
Guide Scope: ZWO OAG-L-68
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290mm-mini
Processing Software: Captured with NINA, Stacked with Astro Pixel Processor, Processed in PixInsight
Acquisition
Date: January 10-15th
R: 54 x 60 seconds
G: 54 x 60 seconds
B: 62 x 60 seconds
Ha: 54 x 300 seconds
Oiii: 54 x 300 seconds
Sii: 37 x 300 seconds
Total Integration time ~15 hrs
Calibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flats: 20 for each filter