Friday, April 18, 2025
Part of the Soul Nebula
Soul nebula, IC 1848, has been my target many times during the years. This time I have shot some details of the nebula with my current long focal length imaging system.
A Detail of Soul Nebula
Click for a large image, 2000 x 2000 pixels
A mapped color image from a light emitted by an ionized elements, sulfur=red, hydrogen=green and oxygen=blue. Original resolution 6500 x 6500 pixels
The Soul Nebula
Click for a large image, 3000 x 1700 pixels
Technical details
Processing workflow
Image acquisition, MaximDL v6.5
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 27 iterations, added at 50% weight
Color combine in PS
Levels and curves in PS
Imaging optics,
Celestron EDGE 14" with 0.7 Focal reducer
Mount,
MesuMount Mark II
Cameras,
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U9000M and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x 2 and SXV-AO Active Optics @ 5hz
filters,
Astrodon 5nm H-alpha, 3nm S-II and 3nm O-III
Total exposure time 9h
H-alpha, 51 x 1200 s, binned 1x1 = 5 h
O-III, 6x 1200 s, binned 2x2 = 2h
O-III, 6x 1200 s, binned 2x2 = 2h
S-II, 6 x 1200 s. binned 2x2 = 2h
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