Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1805  ·  LBN 654  ·  LDN 1361  ·  LDN 1364  ·  LDN 1366  ·  LDN 1367  ·  LDN 1368  ·  LDN 1369  ·  Sh2-190
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Melotte 15 - The Heart of the Heart Nebula, pete_xl
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Melotte 15 - The Heart of the Heart Nebula

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Melotte 15 - The Heart of the Heart Nebula

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The Heart Nebula IC 1805 is an emission Nebula 7500 lightyears away in the constellation Perseus. The bright open star cluster in its center is called Melotte 15.

The image was shot in multiple frames through narrowband filters for the wavelenghts of Hydrogen-alpha, Oxygen III and Sulfur 2 and then recombined to an RGB image in the so called Hubble Palette (SHO). The stars have original RGB colors .

The camera was an ASI1600mmp attached to a TS 130/910 mm apo with 0,79x reducer.

Ha 55 x 240s

OIII 24 x 240s

SII 28 x 240s

(all Baader 7nm and 8nm filters)

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Melotte 15 - The Heart of the Heart Nebula, pete_xl

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