My Astrophotography – IC 1805 (Heart Nebula)

IC 1805 (Heart Nebula)

• The nebula’s famous heart shape (IC 1805)
  It is sculpted by stellar winds and intense radiation from these young stars, which carve out cavities, pillars, and dark dust lanes within the gas.
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• Central star cluster
  Melotte 15 (Mel 15), a very young open cluster containing massive, hot stars whose ultraviolet radiation causes the surrounding hydrogen gas to glow.
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• Soul Nebula (NGC 1848)
  The nearby Soul Nebula is often photographed together with the Heart Nebula.
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• Object Name
  IC 1805

• Object Type
  Emission nebula

• Constellation
  Cassiopeia

• Magnitude
  7.0

• Distance
  7,500 light-years

• Annotated

Telescope:

Mount:

Accessories:

Sky-Watcher Esprint 80ED Triplet

Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT

ZWO ASIair Plus / PixInsight

Camera:

Guiding:

Filter:

ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooling

ZWO ASI1200MM

2″ Optolong L-eNhance

• Date:
  Tuesday 10th October 20234

• Moonlit:
  Waning Crescent 26 days old
  Magnitude: -12.4
  Moonlit: 14%

• Total:
  180‘s x 20 subs = 1 hour

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IC 1805

Heart Nebula

Emission nebula

+7.0

7,500 light years / 200 light years across

Cas (Cassiopeia (The Queen)

02h 32m 42s

+61° 27′ 00″

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