Heart Nebula

Heart Nebula IC-1805 taken from Staffordshire, UK by Nigel Armitage in November 2025.

The Heart Nebula (also known as the Running Dog Nebula, Sharpless 2-190) is an emission nebula, 7,500 light-years away from Earth and located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia.
This is one contains 60 images, 2 hours of data.
Taken in a Bortle 5 Sky.

The equipment used was:
Williams Optics FLT132
ASI ZWO240MC Pro OSC
Optilong L Extreem Filter
ZWO AM5
ASIAir Plus
Williams Optics 50mm Guide Scope
ASI ZWO 120mm Mini Guide Camera.

The image was processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.

Cassiopeia Constellation Map. Credit: IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine 

(Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). License: CC 4

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