Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  Double cluster  ·  IC 1795  ·  IC 1805  ·  IC 1848  ·  NGC 1027  ·  NGC 869  ·  NGC 884  ·  NGC 896  ·  NGC 957  ·  The star 7Per  ·  The star 8Per  ·  The star 9Per
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Heart and Soul Nebulae, Double Cluster, and 4 large obscure Planetary Nebulae, Ray Butler
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Heart and Soul Nebulae, Double Cluster, and 4 large obscure Planetary Nebulae

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Heart and Soul Nebulae, Double Cluster, and 4 large obscure Planetary Nebulae

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"Heart and Soul" Nebulae, with Perseus Double Cluster, over Galway suburbs.

Also visible, thanks to the filter, are 4 large but faint Planetary Nebulae - some of these are surprisingly 'recent' discoveries:

(1) A66 6 / PK136+04.1 - large greenish disc at upper left, discovered in 1955 (Abell)

(2) HEFE 1 / PK136+05.1 - very large greenish disc at upper left, discovered in 1982 (Heckathorn et al.)

(2) HDW 2 / PK138+04.1 - large greenish disc at mid-upper left, discovered in 1983 (Hartl et al.)

(5) K4-60 / PK132-00.1 - smaller reddish disc at upper right, discovered in 1972 (Kohoutek)

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Heart and Soul Nebulae, Double Cluster, and 4 large obscure Planetary Nebulae, Ray Butler