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Heart Nebula IC1805, Djennings
Heart Nebula IC1805, Djennings

Heart Nebula IC1805

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Heart Nebula IC1805, Djennings
Heart Nebula IC1805, Djennings

Heart Nebula IC1805

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Finally managed to capture some images of this beautiful object. I would still like to capture more data and perhaps add to the existing files. 

I am also not sure if I like the colors this turned out to be and who knows, maybe some day I will re-process this and change the color scheme. So many options... 

Interesting information on this nebula:

The brightest part of the nebula (a knot at its western edge) is separately classified as NGC 896, because it was the first part of the nebula to be discovered. 
The nebula's intense red output and its morphology are driven by the radiation emanating from a small group of stars near the nebula's center. 
This open cluster of stars, known as Colliander 26 or Melotte 15, contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of the Sun, and many more dim stars that are 
only a fraction of the Sun's mass. 

The Heart Nebula is also made up of ionized oxygen and sulfur gasses, responsible for the rich blue and orange colors seen in narrowband images. 
The shape of the nebula is driven by stellar winds from the hot stars in its core. The nebula also spans almost 2 degrees in the sky, covering an area four times 
that of the diameter of the full moon.

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Title: Starless IC1805 Heart Nebula

Description: Same as the original just without the stars

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Heart Nebula IC1805, Djennings

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