My astrophotography – NGC 896 (Fish Head Nebula)

NGC 896 (Fish Head Nebula)

  • NGC 896 – the Fish Head Nebula is the bright western knot of the larger IC 1795 complex, sitting on the edge of the Heart Nebula (IC 1805) in Cassiopeia.
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  • Object Name
    NGC 896

  • Object Type
    Emission nebula

  • Constellation
    Cassiopeia

  • Magnitude
    7.0

  • Distance
    7,500 light-years

  • Annotated


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Equipment

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

Bortle Scale: Kelling Heath, Weybourne, North Norfolk (Bortle 4.1)


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Integration

  • 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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Constellation :- Cassiopeia (The Queen)

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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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(Click the map above for a large view.)

Abbreviation:  Cas
English Name:  The Cassiopeia Queen
Genitive: Schedar, sometimes spelt Shedar or Shedir.
Hemisphere: Northern Hemisphere
Location: Between the constellations of Andromeda and Cephus.
Visible between latitudes:  +90 and -20 degrees
Best season: Autumn
Seen in three seasons: Summer, Autumn and Winter
Best seen in:  November
Seen between: Circumpolar (This constellation of Cassiopeia stays in the sky all the year.)
Right Ascension (RA): 01 hour
Declination (DEC): +60 degrees
Area (square degrees):  598 (25th)

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