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Name / Constellation

IC 1805

 Other: SH-2 190; LBN 654; Cr 26; Lund 81; W4; OCL-352; Heart Nebula

Cas
Coordinates AR: 02h 32m 35.6sec - Dec: +61° 29' 02"
Optics Takahashi FSQ 106N APO Fluorite F5 - 60/220 guiding refractor
Camera-Mount SBIG STF8300M - Orion StarShot Guider - 10Micron GM2000 QCI Mount
Filters Baader Halpha 7 nm - Oxygen 3 -Sulfur 2
Exposure
  • Halpha
  • Oxygen 3
  • Sulfur 2
  • 80 x 900 sec - 20 hours
  • 36 x 900 sec - 9 hours
  • 36 x 900 sec - 9 hours
  • BINNING 2X2
  • BINNING 2X2
  • BINNING 2X2
Location / Date Promiod (Valle D'Aosta-Italy) "TLP" Remote Observatory - Nov / Dic 2017
Seeing About 3 - 4"- 2.1 arcosec/pixel unbinned
Note HST Palette - Four panel mosaic - Bad seeing
Acquisition MaxIm DL - CCD Autopilot 5
Processing Adobe Photoshop CS5 -
Comment

7500 light-years away, was discovered by W. Herschel on 03 november 1787 and it's an emission nebula. It has an open cluster on its centre, Melotte 15, while the brightest component of this nebula (The Knot) is also classified as NGC 896. This narrowband image is composed by Oxigen 3, H alpha and Sulfur 2 emissions and processed with HST palette. Apparent mag 18.3, apparent dimensions 150' x 150'.