Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1805
IC1805, Maurizio Cabibbo
IC1805
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IC1805

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C1805 , also known as " Heart " Nebula, is diffuse nebula associated with an open cluster in the constellation Cassiopea, that is about 7500 light years from us . The main responsible for the ionization of the nebula is the open cluster Melotte 15 located almost in the center. Image taken with Apochromatic Refractor Takahashi TOA130 and CCD camera SBIG STL11000 on Losmandy G11 mount . Autoguide Orion SSAG on SW 70/500. LHRGB processing. Filters: Astronomik CLS CCD 15x900sec; Astrodon H - alpha 6nm 19x1800sec; Astrodon RGB 7x900sec. Software MaximDL, PixInsight and PS CS5. Location Casole d' Elsa, Siena, Italy.

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IC1805, Maurizio Cabibbo