| Type |
Location |
r.a. |
dec. |
Size |
Magnitude |
Distance |
| Bright Nebula |
Cas |
02h33.4 |
+61°26' |
60' |
|
7.5 Kly |
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sh2-190, is an emission nebula located in the
constellation Cassiopeia at a distance of about 7,500 light-years.
This large apparent angle object (about twice the full moon) doesn't fit on
my CCD. Only the center is displayed, an open cluster of stars known as Melotte
15
Full size image
A wide field image of the Heart nebula and IC
1848 (bottom left) known as the Soul nebula:
Field of view comparison between the 2 images above:
| Date |
Telescope |
Binning |
Exp Time (s) |
Special processing |
Notes |
| Sep 27, 2008 |
Centurion
18" |
L 1:1
RGB 3:1 |
L 3x300
R,G,B 300 |
LRGB, DDP |
|
| Dec 30, 2019 |
Canon 200mm F2.8 |
n.a. |
15x30 |
DDP |
|
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