Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1795  ·  IC 1805  ·  IC 1831  ·  NGC 1027  ·  NGC 896
IC1805 - Heart Nebula SHO (2022), Kirk
IC1805 - Heart Nebula SHO (2022)
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IC1805 - Heart Nebula SHO (2022)

IC1805 - Heart Nebula SHO (2022), Kirk
IC1805 - Heart Nebula SHO (2022)
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IC1805 - Heart Nebula SHO (2022)

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Description

Object:  IC1805 – The Heart Nebula SHO (2022)
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sh2-190, lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. This is an emission nebula composed of glowing gases (ionized hydrogen, sulfur and oxygen) and darker cold dust lanes. The nebula is shape and illumination are produced by a central star cluster known as Melotte 15 aka Collinder 26.
Details:
- Acquisition Date: 11/23/2022 to 11/24/2022
- Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length - 106mm aperture)
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor 

Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm
- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm

Exposure Times:
- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 30 x 10min. (300min) bin 1x1
- Oxygen III (OIII):30 x 10min. (300min) bin 1x1
- Sulfur II (SII):25 x 10min. (250min) bin 1x1

Total Exposure:610min. (14.17hrs)

Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness

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IC1805 - Heart Nebula SHO (2022), Kirk