Westerhous 5: The Soul Nebula
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This large, intricate nebula is located next to the equally magnificent Heart Nebula, making them heart and soul together. This was a special capture because I used an ordinary star tracker (the Sky Watcher Star Adventurer Mini or SAM) on a tripod but managed to capture good images all night long.
Image details
| Telescope: | Svbony sv503 70ED | |
| Length: | 336mm | |
| Aperture: | 70mm | |
| F-stop: | f/4.56 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2022-08-07 to 2022-08-07 | |
| Lights: | 350 | |
| Exposure: | 45 | |
| Total exposure: | 4 h | |
| Ra: | 2h 53m 31.7s | |
| Dec: | +60° 22' 23.298 | |
| Size: | 154.178 x 118.137 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 1.619 deg | |
| Scale: | 1.424 arcsec/pixel |
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