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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Soul Nebula, IC1848

This is a new photo of this beautiful emission area in Cassiopeia. I'm using a long focal length telescope, Celestron EDGE HD 14" at the moment for a high resolution imaging work. This tool together with a second hand Apogee Alta U 9000M camera with a 12 micron pixels delivers deep images with lots of details.

Detail of my Soul
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

A Closeup
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Soul nebula from 2014

A wide field mosaic image of the Milky Way
Click for a large image, 4600 x 2000 pixels

Hearth and Soul Nebulae at upper right corner

INFO

Soul Nebula, (Sh2-199, LBN 667) is an emission nebula in constellation Cassiopeia. IC 1848 is a cluster inside Soul Nebula. Distance is about 7.500 light years. This complex is a Eastern neighbor of IC 1805, the "Heart Nebula" and they are often mentioned together as Heart and Soul.

An alternative framing

Click for a large image, 2000 x 1600 pixels

This alternative framing shows the area more dynamic way

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 12h

H-alpha, 24 x 1200 s, binned 1x1 = 8 h
O-III, 6x 1200 s, binned 2x2 = 2h

S-II, 6 x 1200 s. binned 2x2 = 2h

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Zoom in movie test.

Bubble Nebula Zoom in movie.
Klick HERE to see this animation in YouTube, please, klick a HD-symbol in lower Right corner to see it in HD-format.

Heart & Soul Nebulae, zooming to a Soul detail.
Zoomed image is a composition of a wide field image of H&S and a high resolution detail image of a Soul Nebula.
Klick HERE to see this animation in YouTube, please, klick a HD-symbol in lower Right corner to see it in HD-format.

I tested an evaluation version of Sony Vegas video editor to create this effect.
Windows movie maker is a free option to do this, but effects are not parametric, so there is not enough user control for a good result.

This is a good way to show actual resolution of a picture, there is not much point to publish full resolution version of an image due the huge size.

Original images with details can be found here:
Bubble Nebula: http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2009/10/bubble-nebula-finalized.html
Heart & Soul Nebulae: http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2008/10/heart-soul.html
Soul Nebula detail: http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2009/11/soul-nebula-closeup-finalized.html

Friday, April 10, 2015

My last imaging project for this Winter season, a high resolution mosaic image of the Heart Nebula

We are now out of astronomical darkness for about six months due to high latitude, 65N. As every time, it's hard to give up imaging the beauty of the deep sky.

IC 1805, the Heart Nebula is my last imaging project for this season. It's a very high resolution, six panels mosaic image. Image is shot between 20. February and 21. March, total exposure time is 49h. Original size is about 11.000 x 9000 pixels at the scale of one arcsecond/pixel.

IC 1805

Be sure to click for a high resolution photo, 2300x1900 pixels and 3MB

Natural color composition from the emission of ionized elements. This composition is very close to a visual spectrum. A higher resolution version can be seen HERE

Image in mapped colors

Click for a high resolution photo, 2300x1900 pixels and 3MB

Image is in mapped colors from an emission of the ionized elements. Golden areas are from emission of sulfur and hydrogen, S-II and H-alpha, blueish areas are from ionized oxygen, O-III.

Closeups from the mosaic

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IC 1795

This image was published at March 31, 2015. Blog post about it can be seen HERE

The heart of the Heart, Melotte 15

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This part of the mosaic image was published at March 9, 2015. Blog post about it can be seen HERE

IC 1805 in light of an ionized hydrogen, H-alpha, alone.

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INFO

This high resolution photo of the IC 1805, the Heart nebula, is a six panel mosaic. (Original size is about 11.000 x 9000 pixels at the scale of one arcsecond/pixel.) It shows many details in the IC 1805, like the Melotte 15 at the heart of the Heart Nebula. Total exposure time for this narrowband photo is 49h.

The "Heart Nebula", IC 1805 locates about 7500 light years away in constellation Cassiopeia. This is an emission nebula showing glow of ionized elements in a gas cloud and some darker dust lanes.In a very center of the nebula, lays Melotte 15, it contains few very bright stars, nearly 50 times mass of our Sun, and many dim ones. The solar wind, a radiation pressure, from massive stars makes the gas twist to a various shapes.

Orientation in a wide field photo

The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, at right. The Soul Nebula, IC 1848, can be seen at left.

The Soul Nebula, IC 1848

My previous imaging project from this area was a two frame mosaic photo of the Soul Nebula at last Autumn season, it can be seen HERE

Click for a large image

Technical details

Processing work flow

Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.

Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.

Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 33 iterations, added at 50% weight

Color combine in PS CS3

Levels and curves in PS CS3.

Imaging optics

Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f7 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope

Mount

10-micron 1000

Cameras and filters

Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel

Guider camera, Lodestar x2 and SXV-AOL

Astrodon filter, 5nm H-alpha

Astrodon filter, 3nm O-III

Astrodon filter, 3nm S-II

Exposure times

H-alpha, 72 x 1200s = 24h

O-III, 42 x 1200s binned 4x4 = 14h

S-II, 33 x 1200s binned 4x4 = 11h

Total 49h

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

A small set of image pairs, Wide field vs closeup

I have shot many targets with least two different focal lengths, usually a 200-300mm camera lens and my old Meade LX200 GPS 12" telescope. I have done earlier some scale studies as a zoom in series, with Moon circle as a scale.

Now I have done just simple image pairs, showing both, a wide field and a closeup from the same objects.

IC1396 and the "Elephant's Trunk Nebula"

In constellation Cepheus

Natural color composition from the emission of ionized elements, R=80%Hydrogen+20%Sulfur, G=100%Oxygen and B=85%Oxygen+15%Hydrogen to compensate otherwise missing H-beta emission.

Links to an original images used in series from top to bottom

IC 1848, the "Soul Nebula"

In constellation Cassiopeia

Image is in HST-palette, (HST=Hubble Space Telescope)

from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.

Links to an original images used in series from top to bottom

NGC1499, the "California Nebula"

RA 04h 03m 18.00s Dec +36° 25′ 18.0"

HST-palette composition from emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.

Links to an original images used in series from top to bottom

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

S-II, 6 x 1200 s. binned 2x2 = 2h

Thursday, March 6, 2025

A Very Deep View to my Soul, IC1848

This is a new photo of the Soul Nebula in Cassiopeia.

A total of 20 hours of H-alpha exposure, along with 6 hours of S-II and O-III combined, allows me to capture intricate details of this relatively bright astronomical cloud of gas and dust.

A Detail of IC1848, the Soul Nebula
Click for a large image, 2100x2300 pixels

A mapped color image from a light emitted by an ionized elements,
sulfur=red, hydrogen=green and oxygen=blue

Full Resolution Details
Click for a full size, 2100x2300 pixels

New photo shows some great details with 26 hours of narrowband exposures. Especially this picture shows details that I have never captured nor seen before out of this, usually kind of featureless, part of the Soul nebula, IC1848

Pillar like formations are pointing to a open cluster IC1848

Older photos of the Soul Nebula

The area of the new photo is marked as a white rectangle, photo from 2014, Celestron EDGE 11"

The Heart and Soul Nebulae in a same field of view, photo from 2010, Tokina AT-x 300mm f2.8

Technical details

Processing workflow

Image acquisition, MaximDL v5.07.

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 30h

H-alpha, 60 x 1200 s, binned 1x1 = 20 h
O-III,21x 1200 s, binned 2x2 = 3h

S-II, 15 x 1200 s. binned 2x2 = 3h

A single calibrated 20 min exposure of H-alpha, Bin 1x1

Click for a full size image.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Heart and Soul Nebulae, reprocessed

Since the weather up here has been less than supportive for astronomical imaging for a long time, I have played with an older data.

Heart & Soul Nebulae

IC1805 & IC1848

Image is in HST-palette, (HST=Hubble Space Telescope) from the emission of ionized elements,

R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.

Star colors are mixed from the NB channels, Red=H-a, G=O-III and B= 85%O-III + 15%H-a.

My photos, from several years, are used to combine this panoramic image of IC 1805 & 1848.

This emission nebula area is located in constellation Cassiopeia at distance of about 7500 light years.

I have made a scale study to show the apparent scale in the sky, it can be seen here:

http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2011/06/ic1848-soul-nebula-apparent-scale-in.html

Image is in visual spectrum, mixed from the same narrowband material, than image above.

Images used for the panorama with technical details

http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2009/01/firs-light-for-qhy9.html

http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2011/02/ic-1848-soul-nebula-finalized.html

http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2010/03/soul-nebula-closeup.html

http://astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2008/10/heart-soul.html

Saturday, April 19, 2025

Soul Nebula, a Two Frame Panorama

I published yesterday a detail picture of the Soul nebula, IC 1848. Earlier this year I shot another long focal length photo of the IC 1848, those two photos are overlapping so I was able to make a two frame mosaic out of them, total exposure time 30h

Soul Nebula, a Two Frame Panoramic Mosaic Image

Click for a large image, 2800 x 1700 pixels

A mapped color image from a light emitted by an ionized elements, sulfur=red, hydrogen=green and oxygen=blue. Original resolution 8500 x 5000 pixels

The Soul Nebula, a Wider Filed Shot

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 30h

H-alpha, 75 x 1200 s, binned 1x1 = 25 h
O-III, 6x 1200 s, binned 2x2 = 5h

S-II, 6 x 1200 s. binned 2x2 = 5h

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Soul Nebula, IC 1848, as an experimental 3D stereo image pair

The weather doesn't support the imaging of the new material, so I made a new experimental 3D-study out of my photo of the Soul Nebula, IC 1848.

Images are for two different viewing methods, the first set of images is for the Parallel Vision method and the second set for the Cross Vision method. Viewing instructions can be seen HERE.

NOTE! This is a personal vision about forms and shapes, based on some scientific facts, deduction and an artistic impression.

3D Soul Nebula as a freeview stereo pair

For a parallel viewing method

Nebula for the Parallel Vision method. Click for a large image.

Original 2D-image can be seen in HERE

For a cross vision viewing method

Nebula for the Cross Vision method. Click for a large image.

Original 2D-image can be seen in HERE

More 3D-experiments in my portfolio

http://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/f359296072

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Soul Nebula closeup

Nebula in natural color. Narrowband channels are mixed to match visible spectrum. Red=80% H-alpha+20% S-II, Green=O-III and Blue=80% O-III+20% H-alpha to compensate otherwise missing H-beta.

Nebula in HST-palette, Red=S-II, Green=H-a and Blue=O-III

The nebula season is kind of over but up here, 65N, it's still very possible to shoot some nebulae.

The Soul nebula, IC 1848, was in western sky at elevation of 55 degrees when I started imaging, at Nine a clock. I took last images at four in a morning, at that time the elevation was about 30 degrees and it was just past the Northern moust point at a sky. Evem though I spen whole night shooting this, poor transparency, speeding clouds and, due previous, lost guidestar, I was able to use only Seven 20min. frames for this.

Color for the final image are taken from my older narrowband image from 2008, the original Blog post can be found here: http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2008/10/heart-soul.html

Processing work flow:
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack.
Deconvolution with a CCDSharp, 30 iterations.
Levels, curves and color combine in PS CS3.

Broadband data is mixed to a narrowband channels in PS.

Telescope, Meade LX200 GPS 12" @ f5
Camera, QHY9 Guiding, SXV-AO @ 10Hz
Image Scale, 0,75 arcseconds/pixel
Exposures H-alpha 7x1200s, binned 1x1

Note. O-III and S-II are taken from older image of the Soul and Heart nebulae.

Colors are taken from this narrowband, HST-palette, image. Current image is marked with Cyan rectangle.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Who need Stars?

This is a just a test. Large gas clouds are located usually in dense star fields and bright stars are dominating the image, even in narrowband images. Sometimes it's difficult to see actual target from stars. In this test I removed stars from images by using several PS filters, like Minimum, Dust & Scratches and some other star reducing methods. - I think, in this way the actual targets and they forms are more visible.

Klick thumbnail for the large image.