IC 1805 (Heart Nebula) Widefield in Hydrogen Alpha
Characteristics:
Magnitude: 6.5 (open star cluster)
Size: The
FOV shown
here is approximately 3.9 x 2.6 degrees, at an image scale of
3.5"/pixel.
Distance:
6,150 light years
RA: 2h 32m 41s
Dec: 61 degrees 27' 25"
Description:
IC 1805 is a young star cluster
surrounded by Ha emitting nebulosity, located in the constellation
Cassiopeia. There is a great deal of interesting detail within
this image that can
be best appreciated on the higher resolution view, as well as in
previous images shown here and here.
Please click
here for more information about this object.
Photographic Details:
Date: December 30, 2006.
Scope: Takahashi
FSQ106 at f5 on the G11 Losmandy
Mount.
Autoguider: SBIG STV with
e-finder.
Camera: STL11K.
Filter: Baader 7nm
Ha filter.
Exposures: 12
x 20' unbinned, total exposure 4
hours.
Conditions: Temperature 24 degrees F, good
transparency, average seeing, clear, bright moonlight.
Post-processing:
Calibrated, aligned, and Sigma Clip combined
in Maxim, followed
by DDP
in ImagesPlus (IP). Further processing in Photoshop CS (16
bit format).
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