The Heart Nebula (IC1805) is about 7500 ly. away from our earth and located in constellation Cassiopeia. It was already discovered by William Herschel in 1787. With a bit of fantasy one can guess why the nebula was named Heart Nebula. The Heart Nebula is an emission nebula consisting of ionized hydrogen gas and dark dust lanes.
 | Date | 2013/09/05 |
 | Location | Böblingen / Germany |
 | Object | Heart Nebula (IC1805) |
 | Camera | Atik383L+ |
 | Guiding | yes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG |
 | Telescope | 8" GSO Newtonian |
 | Barlow lens | none |
 | Mount | EQ6Syntrek |
 | Cooling | -15°C |
 | Luminance | 10x 800s, bin: 1x1 |
 | Red | 10x 200s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Green | 10x 200s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Blue | 10x 200s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Dark | 4x |
 | Flat | - |
 | Total exposure | ~3h53min. |
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Last updated: June 20, 2022 at 10:28 am