It's cloudy and the moon's out, so I reprocessed my Melotte 15, Core of The Heart Nebula data I gathered from a Bortle 2 dark site. I really like this galactic emission nebula because the surrounding hot stars are ionizing the core revealing it's beautiful structure. This data is straight UV/IR Cut from my F/13 Maksutov.

DSO: IC1085 or Melotte 15, located 7,500 light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia

Lights: 14 subs x 300 seconds + 30 flats/ 30 biases/ 30 darks

Instruments used, Acquisition & Astro Rig details: Bortle 2. Elevation 2,700 Feet.

ZWO AM5N Mount, 200mm pier extension on Celestron AVX Stainless Steel Tripod

SVBONY MK105, F/13 1365mm Focal Length, 105mm aperture

ZWO ASIAIR Plus

ZWO 120 monochrome sensor + Celestron D70/400 as the guide cam.

ZWO ASI585MC Pro One Shot Colour 3840 x 2160 resolution with HCG enabled Gain at 200, Cooling Fan 10 degress F at 55mm backspace.

Svbony filter drawer with UV/IR Cut 2" Filter

100ah Lithium Power Cell.

Processed in Siril for denoising/background extraction/starnet/etc.

Gonna try to get the blood eclipse this upcoming Tuesday early AM.

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