IC 1848 - Soul Nebula Camera - ZWO 2600MC Lens - William Optics GT71 Mount - Sky Watcher EQ5 Guide Camera - ZWO 1200MM Bortle - Class 1 IFOV - 2.3 arcseconds 55 frames @ 5 minute exposures #astronomy #astrophotography - ThreadSky

astrolane.bsky.social • 119 days ago

IC 1848 - Soul Nebula

Camera - ZWO 2600MC
Lens - William Optics GT71
Mount - Sky Watcher EQ5
Guide Camera - ZWO 1200MM
Bortle - Class 1
IFOV - 2.3 arcseconds
55 frames @ 5 minute exposures
#astronomy
#astrophotography

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davidbflower.bsky.social•118 days ago

Stunning Kelly!

arodphoto.bsky.social•119 days ago

Stellar!

dazza1639.bsky.social•119 days ago

Awesome image 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

astrolane.bsky.social•119 days ago

Thanks!!

zyphex-skybreaker.bsky.social•119 days ago

📌

teocali.bsky.social•119 days ago

Beautiful image.

ddrae.bsky.social•119 days ago

So gorgeous and so incredible the size. 🤯

entus.bsky.social•119 days ago

So how are the colors visible?

astrolane.bsky.social•119 days ago

The Soul Nebula is an emission nebula! The red is mostly from ionized hydrogen, which is the most abundant element in the universe. The blue comes mostly from ionized oxygen, which emits blue wavelengths when excited by the radiation from nearby stars!

entus.bsky.social•119 days ago

At the risk of sounding dumb, I thought the colors werent in visible light and were added via filter. For instance, the infrared filter would pick it up and wed color it in the visible spectrum

astrolane.bsky.social•119 days ago

Great question! The Hydrogen Alpha is ~650 nm! Visible light to us is ~400-700! The ionized oxygen is ~500nm! I did not use a filter when I took this image!! You’re correct that you could take an IR image or use a NIR filter to gain other info from the object then use false color in the processing!

entus.bsky.social•119 days ago

Wait so this is actually how it looks? Is it a telescope with a camera or just a camera. If its just a camera, how do i get one ;)

astrolane.bsky.social•119 days ago

There are very few photons being captured in each frame so the colors on this photo are enhanced in the stacking + processing! I use a refractor telescope with an astro camera attached. I recommend looking on CloudyNight if you want to get started with used gear, it’s a lot cheaper!

bflachsbart.bsky.social•118 days ago

Beautiful shot! 👏

hypomanix.bsky.social•119 days ago

I would like to start a petition to rename this the potato nebula

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