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Heart Nebula
IC1805
Object
Type Emission Nebula
Constellation Cassiopeia
Distance 7,500 ly
Magnitude 6.5
Angular Size 60 arc min
Size
More Info  APODEssay by Robert Gendler ©
Image
Date 2010-11-09
Place Carlsbad, CA
Exposure Data Ha 180 mins @ -20C
Ha 12x15 (bin 1x1)
Notes
Equipment
Optics Takahashi FS-60C Refractor
Focal Length 290mm @f/4.8
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera SBIG ST-10XME
Focuser Robo-Focus
Filters CFW10A, Astrodon 3nm Ha
Software MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop

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