The Valentine's Nebula
The Valentine's Nebula
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190, is some 7500 light years away
from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation
Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787. It is an
emission nebula showing glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes. The
Heart Nebula is also made up of ionised Oxygen and Sulfur gasses, responsible for
the rich blue and orange colours.
from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation
Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787. It is an
emission nebula showing glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes. The
Heart Nebula is also made up of ionised Oxygen and Sulfur gasses, responsible for
the rich blue and orange colours.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4 (with 0.73x Focal Reducer)
Camera
FLI PL 16083
Location
IC Astronomy Observatory, Oria, Almería, Spain
Date of observation
16th January 2022
Filters
Astrodon HSO (3nm)
Processing
Deep Sky Stacker, Pixinsight, Photoshop
Credits
Soumyadeep Mukherjee/Telescope Live
