MEL15

Core of IC1805 (Heart Nebula)

MEL15

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Object Info

Type

Diffuse Nebula

Constellation

Cassiopeia

Distance

7,500 ly

Capture Details

Date

November 24, 2010

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Ha 12x10 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

Celestron C11 Carbon Fiber SCT w/XLT

Focal Length

1576mm @f/5.6

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 3nm Ha

Software

Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop