Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1795  ·  IC 1805  ·  NGC 896
Heart Nebula, TJ's Astro Channel
Heart Nebula
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Heart Nebula, TJ's Astro Channel
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The Heart Nebula IC 1805 also known as the Running dog nebula it is an emission nebula which is 7,500 light years away from Earth.

The brightest part of the nebula a knot at its western edge is separately classified as NGC 896.

This image was built up of four panels all stitched together the final image came out at 8319 * 5900 Pixels, this has been reduced by 50% to upload to AstroBin.

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Heart Nebula, TJ's Astro Channel