Wallpaper author:
RICARDO CUBA
11 Mar 2023
IC 1805 & IC 1871
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sh2-190, is about 7500 light-years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It's an emission nebula showing glowing gas and dark dust lanes. The nebula is formed by plasma of ionized hydrogen and free electrons.
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 |