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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 12/21/2007
Place Carlsbad, CA
Exposure Data Ha 120 mins @ -20C
Ha 8x15 (bin 1x1)
Notes
Equipment
Optics Vixen VC200L
Focal Length 1280mm @f/6.4
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera SBIG ST-2000XM (KAI-2020M)
Focuser Robo-Focus
Filters CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha
Software CCD Commander, MaxIm DL 4, CCDStack, Photoshop cs3

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