Observation by Nick Hewitt: A heart in space

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Nick Hewitt

Observer

Nick Hewitt

Observed

2016 Aug 27 - 00:00

Uploaded

2016 Sep 03 - 10:11

Objects

The Heart Nebula (IC1805)

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Constellation

Cassiopeia

Field centre

RA: 02^h32^m
Dec: +61°08'
Position angle: +17°11'

Field size

2°28' × 2°15'

Equipment

Starwave 70 triplet
Canon 60Da
IDAS filter

Exposure

10 x 180sec ISO 2000

Location

Billing, Northampton

Target name

IC 1805 "The Heart Nebula"

Title

A heart in space

About this image

I was pleased to capture this from my poor skies. It is quite a large faint emission nebula, heralding the autumn. Small scopes can do good things!

Files associated with this observation

IC1805 The Heart Nebula 2016-08-29 cropped reduced.jpg (1.8 MB)

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