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IC 1805
Published in Astronomy Now Magazine March 2017
IC 1805 is a central part  of the Heart Nebula in the constellation Perseus. It is around 7,500 light years from Earth.
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Nomenclature
:  IC 1805, Heart Nebula, Sharpless 2-190, Sh2-190, NGC 896
Right Ascension: 02:33:22
Declination: +61:26:36
Size: 150 arc min
Discovery: William Herschel on 3 November 1787

EQUIPMENT USED
Altair Astro 115ED Refractor
AZ-EQ6 mount
QSI683WSG CCD camera
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
5nm Ha: 22x1800 bin 1x1
3nm OIII: 3x1800 bin 2x2
5nm SII: 4x1800 bin 2x2
Total integration: 14.5 hours
Pixel scale: 1.398 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.712 degrees
Capture dates: 4 November - 26 December 2016
Capture location:  Chiswick, London
IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2
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