IC 1805 Heart Nebula

IC 1805 Heart Nebula

 

The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190, is 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. The brightest part of the nebula (a knot at its western edge) is separately classified as NGC 896, because it was the first part of the nebula to be discovered. The nebula's intense red output and its morphology are driven by the radiation emanating from a small group of stars near the nebula's center. This open cluster of stars, known as Collinder 26 or Melotte 15, contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of our Sun, and many more dim stars that are only a fraction of our Sun's mass.

 

EQ6R-Pro

WO GT81 with WO flattener

ZWO 2600MC Camera

L Ultimate Filter

ZWO ASIAIR Pro

ZWO 120MM Mono Guide camera and scope

 

82 x 300s exposures (6 hours 50 mins total integration time)

 

30 x dark, flat and bias calibration frames

 

Bortle 6 light pollution

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