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IC 1805 - The Heart Nebula, Frank Colosimo
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IC 1805 - The Heart Nebula

IC 1805 - The Heart Nebula, Frank Colosimo
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IC 1805 - The Heart Nebula

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The Heart Nebula (IC 1805, SH2-190) is a large emission nebula in Cassiopeia. The bright knot at the lower left is NGC 896. The nebula magnitude is listed as 18.3 and its apparent dimension is 1 degree. It lies about 7,500 light years away and is 200 light years in diameter.

Imaging data:

Date: Nov 23,28 Dec 8,9 2010

Location: New Ringgold PA

Optics: Takahashi FSQ106 at f/5

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera/Filters: SBIG STL1000 Camera with Baader LRGBHa Filters

Guiding: Interal

Exposure: Luminance: 12x10 minutes R:12x10 min G:12x7 min B:12x10 min Ha:12X10 min all unbinned for a total of 9.4 hours

Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing using Photoshop. I combined the HA with both the Red and Luminance subs in Photoshop to create the Red and Luminance layers for this image to bring out more color and detail in the nebula.

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IC 1805 - The Heart Nebula, Frank Colosimo

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