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Core of IC1805 (Heart Nebula)
MEL15
Object
Type Diffuse Nebula
Constellation Cassiopeia
Distance 7,500 ly
Magnitude 6.5
Angular Size 60 arc min
Size
More Info  Essay by Robert Gendler ©
Image
Date 2008-11-07
Place Carlsbad, CA
Exposure Data Ha 100 mins @ -15C
Ha 10x10 (bin 1x1)
Notes
Equipment
Optics Takahashi MT200
Focal Length 960mm @f/4.8
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera SBIG ST-2000XM (KAI-2020M)
Focuser Starlight Feather Touch Micro Focuser
Filters CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha
Software Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop

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