IC1805

Heart Nebula in Emission-Line

Object Info

Type

Emission Nebula

Constellation

Cassiopeia

Distance

7,500 ly

Date

September 16, 2006

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

SII 4x15 (bin 2x2), Ha 9x15 (bin 1x1), OIII 4x15 (bin 2x2) as RGB

Notes

Ha also used as the Luminance layer

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor

Focal Length

530mm @f/5

Mount

Celestron CGE

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm SII, Ha, OIII

Software

Maxim DL, RegiStar, Photoshop