Wallpaper author:
Nicholas Martin
15 Feb 2021
Heart Nebula IC 1805
The picture was processed from 22hr 50 min of H alpha, SII and OIII data curated by Ian Howarth. The images were stacked using Deep Sky Stacker and processed in Photoshop. The final picture combines an Ha, SII and OIII RGB image with an Ha - OIII bicolour image so as to bring out the features of the inner part of the Heart.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Heart Nebula
8 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16083
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 38.20592 Dec 61.37839
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................27 Sept 2019 - 20 Nov 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 1385 | 10h | 26 |
| Luminance | 23 | 10m | 26 |
| Red | 23 | 10m | 26 |
| Green | 23 | 10m | 26 |
| Blue | 36 | 15m | 25 |