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The Soul Nebula (also designated as Sharpless 2-199 and LBN 667) is thought to be an active star forming region located in the constellation Cassiopeia. It contains several small star clusters. It is located 7,500 LY away. The long dimension appears about 5x the diameter of the moon and the width appears about 2.5x the diameter of the moon. North is down.

This modified HOO image is a combination on recently acquired Oiii data along with Ha and Oiii data from last year. The Surface Blur Noise Reduction technique was used to help reduce background noise. The image has been slightly cropped. Original image size = 4656x3520 pixels. Cropped image size = 3475x3314 pixels.

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W.O. Star71 telescope, 3 nm Chroma S/H/O/ filters, ASI1600MM camera (-15C, Gain=140), CEM40 mount, Orion MMAG autoguider, StarLite stepper motor (focusing)

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29x600 sec Ha (4 hr 50 min), 55x600 sec O3 (9 hr 10 min, Total Exposure 14 hr), 24 Darks, 30 Flats, 30 Flat Darks

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Captured with APT, Guided with PHD2, Processed with PixInsight. The new APT Autofocus routine was used for all focusing.


Weather and my body permitting, I hope to be able to capture some Sii data for a SHO version. My first look at the Sii signal shows it to be even weaker than the Oiii signal which is already fairly week. Should be interesting.

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Hokey smoke Steve. That is NASA APOD worthy.!

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That is a thing of beauty Steve.

Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Amazing Steve - that is one excellent piece of work.
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Wonderful image! Well done, Steve!!
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fantastic processing , thx .
apod nomination .
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Hello Steve,

Wonderful image with fine details!

best,
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Congratulations Steve on having your image selected as todays TSS APOD!

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Congrats Steve on the APOD - great shot.
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Hi Steve. Wow, this is just a superb Soul Nebula image in HOO light. Beautiful colors and edge sharp details in this capture. Thanks for sharing this with us Steve and congratulations on receiving the well deserved TSS APOD Award today.
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Excellent image Steve.

Congratulations on the APOD.

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Gordon wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:21 pm Congratulations Steve on having your image selected as todays TSS APOD!

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Thank you Gordon. It is an real treat to be selected for today's APOD. Much appreciated.

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Congrats on the well-deserved TSS APOD.

Good luck on capturing the S2 data.

The image, though, is already excellent.

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Thanks all. Much appreciated. I love this hobby.

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Beautiful image Steve and congrats on the TSS APOD!
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Absolutely stunning, Steve. So much detail and contrast between the colours. The difference between this image with your equipment and what I can get with my DSLR is absolutely incredible. Amazing stuff and congrats on your TSS APOD. You should enter it in for the NASA APOD.
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Really beautiful image Steve. Congratulations on the APOD.
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Great image Steve. Congrats on the APOD.
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Congrats on the APOD Steve!
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Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

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