Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  HD14695  ·  HD15069  ·  IC 1795  ·  LBN 645  ·  LBN 646  ·  LBN 647  ·  LBN 648  ·  LDN 1359  ·  NGC 896
IC1795, The Fish Head Nebula, Chris Plonski
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IC1795, The Fish Head Nebula

IC1795, The Fish Head Nebula, Chris Plonski
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IC1795, The Fish Head Nebula

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IC1795 is known as the Fish Head Nebula and is part of the much larger Heart Nebula. It's located about 6000 light years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Shown here using the false-color, Hubble color palette to accentuate the details of the ionized gasses of Sulfur II (Red), Hydrogen Alpha (Green) and Oxygen III (Blue). The stars are imaged using true color Red, Green and Blue filters.

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