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IC 1805 The Heart Nebula

The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190, lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787. It is an emission nebula showing glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes.

 

Imaged on 10-13-20 from my backyard.

 

Explore Scientific ED102/ASI 533 MC Pro camera with Optolong L-eNhance filter, and Stellarview FF/0.80FR.

120 second exposures at gain 104/offset 50

Total integration of 3 hours.

Processed in DeepSkyStacker and Photoshop.

 

 

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Uploaded on October 24, 2020