Do you wear your heart on your sleeve?
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Here is my 2019 capture of the Heart Nebula (IC1805) with my William Optics Zenithstar 61 APO.
The first image is a rendering which has all the stars removed to highlight the details of the nebula. This is accomplished with a plug-in called StarNet++ that is 100% free and can be used as a stand-alone application on your final image file or integrated into PixInsight as a final process step.
For the second image, I decided to only reduce the size and brightness of the stars in Photoshop CC 2020 utilizing the Astronomy Tools Action Set.
I hope you enjoy! Until next time :)
Image details:
- 21 x 40” or 14 min!
- 30x darks, no flats
- 11/21/2019
- Bortle 6
Equipment used:
- William Optics Zenithstar 61
- Optolong L-eNhance
- Orion Sirius EQG
- ZWO ASI294mc, unity, -20C
- QHYCCD miniGuideScope
- OHYCCD QHY5L-II-M
HW/SW:
- KStars/Ekos via INDI Server
- Raspberry Pi4
- Deep Sky Stacker
- Pixinsight
- Starless by Starnet++ plug-in
- Photoshop CC 2020