
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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| 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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