9/8/2024 Heart and Soul and more

It was a good night at the River Ridge Observatory. Cool but not too cold, clear skies, slight breeze. I got a late start after attending a star party earlier. My first images were just after midnight. I stayed until after 5AM. I considered shooting the sunrise on the way home but I was 30 minutes too early for that and I had been up for 26 hours except for three or four short naps.

The Heart and Soul Nebulae (plus the Fish Head Nebula). This was taken from almost 5 hours of 2 minutes subs. This is upside down from how it would look if you could see it by just looking up but it makes it clear how they got their names. ASI294MC Pro camera with Samyang 135 f/2 lens and Antlia Triband Ultra RGB filter. The Fish Head is that bright patch near the lower right hand corner.
The Helix Nebula. This was taken with my C11 with Hyperstar at f/1.9 and is the total of 48 three minute subs. I used my ASI533MC Pro with an Antlia Quadband filter.
M33, the Triangulum Galaxy. The second closest full sized galaxy to the Milky Way and third largest in our Local Group of galaxies. Also 48 3-minute subs with my f/1.9 C11 and ASI533MC Pro and Antlia Quadband filter. There should be hints of blue and pink denoting young stars and star forming regions. I can see the star forming regions but the colors didn’t come through.

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