IC 1805 - Heart Nebula - Chuck Novice

Posted: Apr 22nd, 2025

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Technical Info

Telescope/Lens: Sky-Watcher 200/1000PDS

Camera: Canon 6d

Mount: HEQ5 Pro

Guide Scope: Skywatcher 9/50

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 120mm Mini

Software: Pixinsight, Photoshop

Accessories: TS-Optics Superflat GPU

Exposure:

15 x 180" ISO/Gain: 3200 - Filter ALP-T Dual Band (Ha-OIII) 5nm

Green zoneLight Pollution:

Gers, France

Aug 7th, 2024

IC 1805 - HEART NEBULA - CHUCK NOVICE

Telescope/Lens: Sky-Watcher 200/1000PDS
Camera: Canon 6d
Mount: HEQ5 Pro
Guide Scope: Skywatcher 9/50
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 120mm Mini
Software: Pixinsight, Photoshop
Accessories: TS-Optics Superflat GPU

Gers, France
Light Pollution: Green zone

Exposure:
15 x 180" ISO/Gain: 3200 - Filter ALP-T Dual Band (Ha-OIII) 5nm

Constellation: Cassiopeia
 Type of object: Emitting nebula
 Distance: 7,500 light-years
 Magnitude: 18.3
 Discovered in : November 3, 1787 by William Herschel
 
 Fun Facts !
 As wide in our sky as twice the size of the full Moon, this nebula is seemingly as large as M42 or the California Nebula, despite being 5x further away from us.
 
 Most of the new stars in the Heart Nebula form in Melotte 15, the center of the Heart, only 1.5 million years old.
 
 In this cluster, the star HD 15570 is one of the galaxy's most massive and luminous stars (3 million times brighter than the Sun, and 100x more massive).

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Author: Chuck Novice

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Constellation: Cassiopeia
Type of object: Emitting nebula
Distance: 7,500 light-years
Magnitude: 18.3
Discovered in : November 3, 1787 by William Herschel

Fun Facts !
As wide in our sky as twice the size of the full Moon, this nebula is seemingly as large as M42 or the California Nebula, despite being 5x further away from us.

Most of the new stars in the Heart Nebula form in Melotte 15, the center of the Heart, only 1.5 million years old.

In this cluster, the star HD 15570 is one of the galaxy's most massive and luminous stars (3 million times brighter than the Sun, and 100x more massive).

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