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Melotte 15 in IC 1805, in Casseopeia
Melotte 15 is the bright star cluster in the center of IC 1805, an emission nebula. As shown by the H-alpha image below below, this region emits huge amounts of hydrogen-alpha light.
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Date |
2004-09-09 |
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Scope |
Astro-Physics 130 EDF at f/4 on 1200 GTO mount. Camera: SBIG ST-10XME. Guiding with internal chip. Diffraction vanes placed in the hood of the refractor. |
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Exposure |
Above image: 5 frames at 10 min each with Astrodon RGB filters plus 12 frames at 5 minutes each (luminance) with Astrodon 6 nm H-alpha filter. Below image: 12 five minute H-alpha frames. |
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Processing |
Calibrated and combined in MaxIm 4, final processing in PhotoShop. |
