Observation by Eric Walker: The "Soul Nebula" in Cassiopei...

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Constellation

Cassiopeia

Field centre

RA: 02^h54^m
Dec: +60°21'
Position angle: +6°25'

Field size

2°23' × 1°35'

Equipment

Celestron C11 SCT with Hyperstar Lens (f/2)
ZWO ASI 071 MC Pro Imaging Camera
70/700mm Guide Scope with ZWO 290MC Camera

Exposure

31 x 4minute sub frames

Location

Beinn View Observatory, Conon Bridge. Scottish Highlands

Target name

Soul Nebula

Title

The "Soul Nebula" in Cassiopeia

About this image

This wide-field image of the nebula shows the highly active regions which are energised by massive new bright-blue supergiant stars, some fifty times larger than our Sun. The energy from these young stars is eroding away several picturesque dust pillars in the nebula.

For this image the camera, a ZWO ASI071MC Pro, was cooled to -20°C. 31 frames of 4 minutes each were captured, PixInsight used to register and stack, and the frames were integrated with drizzle algorithm. Master light image was processed to final draft stage using Lightroom and Photoshop.

Files associated with this observation

wk32_22_soul_nebula_walker_200320.jpg (82.1 kB)

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