The Heart and Soul Nebula

The Heart and Soul Nebula is a star forming region in Cassiopeia, consisting of many named and separately designated objects. This area is rich in Ha, OIII, an SII gases and is a popular narrowband target.

Processing

Processing was with PixInsight utilizing the RC Astro plugins as well as the DBXtract and Narrowband Normalization tools to convert the 2 dual narrowband filters to a synthetic SHO.

Technical Card

Mount: Celestron AVX

Camera(s): ZWO ASI 294mc pro, ZWO ASI 120 mini guide camera

OTA: Apertura 60mm FPL-53 doublet with flattener

Filters: Optolong L-eNhance; Aksar ColourMagic C2

Exposure: 240 Lights @ 360 seconds with L-eNhance; 180 Lights @ 360s with Askar C2

Annotated Image

This show the many different named regions of the Nebula complex