ScienceDownEast | ScienceDownEast Astrophotography | Nebulae | IC 1805 Heart Nebula | IC 1805
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The Heart Nebula is an emission nebula, 7,500 light-years (2,300Â pc) away from Earth and located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787. In 1958, it was identified as a radio source by Gart Westerhout and is therefore also referred to as Westerhout 4 . It displays glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes.
[Source: Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Nebula]
Total image time was 6 hours.
The Heart Nebula is an emission nebula, 7,500 light-years (2,300Â pc) away from Earth and located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787. In 1958, it was identified as a radio source by Gart Westerhout and is therefore also referred to as Westerhout 4 . It displays glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes.
[Source: Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Nebula]
Total image time was 6 hours.
| Moon Phase | New Moon | ||||||||
| Camera | ToupTek ATR2600C | ||||||||
| Optics | Skywatcher Esprit 120ED, 840 mm focal length, f/7 (120 mm aperture, APO triplet) | ||||||||
| Filter | Triad Quad | ||||||||
| Binning | 1x1 | ||||||||
| Date | 2026-09-12 | ||||||||
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