IC1805 Open Cluster closeup in Ha

[Paxo]

Went 'narrowfield' to image the open cluster (IC1805) at the heart of the heart nebula in Cassiopeia. Actually, I was just tinkering with a few mods to the imaging setup and this was in the right place at the right time.

2x10 min and 2x5 min exposures in Ha (Astronomik 13nm) through FLT110 and Atik 314L, guided with phd and WO Megrez 72, before a large bank of cloud and increasing wind cut short my evening.

(click to enlarge)

Not overly happy, still getting halo's despit all efforts to get rid of (other than in post processing), image noisy due to a lack of subs so doesn't take to kindly to pushing too far in processing. Anyway, mods worked well which was the purpose of the evening.

Thanks for looking

Steve..

[Psychobilly]

HI Steve,

Isnt it great when things come together

Billy...

[LostNSpace]

Well it looks like you achieved what you set out to do, nice image......

Mark

[steppenwolf]

That's a cracker, Steve - great close in shot.