NGC1027
Images
Clear skies in Redmond plus a William Optics Redcat 71 (350mm f/5) with a ZWO ASI294MM Pro monochrome camera on a ZWO AM5 mount = The Heart of Redmond. This version of IC1805 was shot from Redmond near the Microsoft campus. I shot around 8 5-minute exposures per red, green, blue, sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen filter for a total integration time of around 4 hours.
2024-03-07
ISS transit between Heart and Soul
On March 27, 2023, at 20:53 Pacific, the International Space Station (ISS) passed between the Heart (IC1805) and Soul (Westerhaus 5) Nebulae. I captured the transit with a 3-minute exposure at 336mm then superimposed it on previous observations of the nebulae. If you look closely, you can see the faint separation in the middle of its track caused by the gap between the solar panels.
2023-03-27