Heart Nebula - IC 1805
The Heart Nebula is a bright emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is located at a distance of about 7500 light years in the Perseus arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. The Heart Nebula glows in the light of ionized hydrogen due to the newly formed hot stars embedded in it.
Wide Angle of Heart Nebula shows this object at a lower power.
For a higher power view of this object using the ASA N12 Astrograph, see Heart Nebula - IC 1805.Technical Details
- Object: Heart Nebula
- Object Type: Emission Nebula
- Other Names: IC 1805, Sharpless-2 190
- Date/Time: 2011 Jan 31 at 03:13 UTC
- Location: Bifrost Astronomical Observatory, Portal, AZ
- Telescope: Takahashi Epsilon 180 ED Hyperbolic Astrograph
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1200GTO
- Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i) (modified with a Baader UV/IR filter)
- Exposure: 8 x 300s, f/2.8, ISO 800
- File Name: IC1805-03w.jpg
- Processing: Stack of 8 Images, Levels, Unsharp Mask (Photoshop CS5)
- Original Image Size: 3454 × 5179 pixels (17.9 MP); 11.5" x 17.3" @ 300 dpi
- Rights: Copyright 2011 by Fred Espenak. All Rights Reserved. See: Image Licensing.
