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Soul Nebula (IC 1848) revised version with more data.

An emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia. It forms a famous pair known as the Heart and Soul with the neighbouring Heart Nebula (IC 1805). The Soul Nebula is sometimes also known as the Embryo Nebula or IC 1848, which is a designation used for the open star cluster embedded within the nebula.
Approximately 7500 light years away from earth.

I originally took this over 2 nights back on 8th-10th April (2025)
315 x 20 second subs, mosaic mode with the Seestar S30 in equatorial mode.

I’ve added another 4 nights worth of data to it this year between 6th January - 7th April (2026)
1533 x 20 second subs, in EQ mode using the Seestar S30 and S30 Pro.

Bortle 5

Combined total 1848 x 20 second subs.
Approximately 10 hours in total.

Stacked with Siril using Naztronomy script with x1.5 Drizzle.

Processed in Pixinsight using
RC Astro’s NoiseXTerminator & BlurXTerminator tools.

I also used the Narrowband Normalization script for the fake Hubble pallet, then tweaked and played around with the colour curves to try and achieve the SHO pallet.

I could definitely do with some more data on this but just working with what I’ve got so far. I guess no Dso image is ever really finished is it! I’ll always look forward to adding more data and hoping to improve on my processing skills overtime.

Many thanks for looking ✨🔭🙂

The Black Eye Galaxy (M64)

A spiral galaxy located roughly 17 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is famous for a massive, dark dust band obscuring its bright nucleus, giving it a "black eye" appearance. A key feature is its counter-rotating disk, caused by a galactic merger, resulting in intense star formation.

It is classified as a flocculent spiral galaxy, meaning its spiral arms are not smooth but patchy and discontinuous.

The galaxy is approximately 54,000 light-years in diameter, about half the size of the Milky Way.

Ive been slowly collecting data on this galaxy over the past few months between January - April (2026) with the Seestar S50 in EQ mode.

1392 x 20 second subs.
Total = 7 hours and 46 minutes.

Bortle 5

Stacked and processed in Pixinsight.
2x Drizzle

Would love to be able to add more data to this target (weather permitting) to try and bring out some more details.

Many thanks for looking.

The Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631)

A distorted spiral galaxy located approximately 25–30 million light-years away in the Canes Venatici constellation.

Discovered by William Herschel in 1787.

Seen edge-on, its large, distorted shape resembles a whale, with a smaller companion, NGC 4627 (the "Pup"), often appearing above it. It is known for intense star formation and a massive halo of hot, X-ray-emitting gas.

Similar in size to the Milky Way (approx. 140,000 light-years across)

I imaged this one on 24th April (2026) with the Seestar S50 in EQ mode.

614 x 20 second subs.
3.4 hours data in total.

Bortle 5

Stacked and processed in Pixinsight.
2x Drizzle

Thank you for looking! ✨🔭

North American Nebula (NGC 7000) & Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) reworked with additional data.

Large emission nebulae in the Cygnus constellation, located 1,600–2,000 light-years away from Earth.. They are part of the same stellar nursery, separated only by a dark dust cloud (L935).

Estimated to be roughly 1,600 to 1,960 light-years.

I originally imaged this one over 8 nights last year between the 1st May - 15th June 2025 with the Seestar s30.

I’ve been slowly adding more hours to this using the Seestar S30 pro - approximately 4.7 hours.

Also added data I’d collected from its neighbouring Pelican nebula (IC 5070) approximately 3.8 hours which was also imaged back in (2025)

Just wanted to see what they would turn out like stacked/combined and if this Frankensteins monster would even be possible with all the different random framing, field of views & mosaics I’ve collected over the last year.

(Bortel 5)

North American Nebula (NGC 7000)

1709 x 20 second mosaic exposures with the S30 in EQ mode.

9 and half hours

North American Nebula (NGC 7000)

863 x 20 second mosaic exposures with the S30 pro in EQ mode.

4.7 hours.

Pelican nebula (IC 5070)

694 x 20 seconds with standard framing with S30 in EQ mode.

3.8 hours

Total combined integration time

18 hours.

Stacked with Siril using Naztronomy script with x1.5 Drizzle.

Processed in Pixinsight using

RC Astro’s NoiseXTerminator & BlurXTerminator tools.

I also used the Narrowband Normalization script for the fake Hubble pallet.

Thank you for taking time to read this long winded post lol and maybe it might prove useful to those who didn’t know and can possibly make use of that old data previously collected especially from different Seestar models.