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IC 1795 Fishhead in Cassiopeia ©

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IC 1805: The Heart Nebula

What energizes the Heart Nebula? First, the large emission nebula dubbed IC 1805 looks, in whole, like a human heart. The nebula glows brightly in red light emitted by its most prominent element: hydrogen. The red glow and the larger shape are all powered by a small group of stars near the nebula's center. In the center of the Heart Nebula are young stars from the open star cluster Melotte 15 that are eroding away several picturesque dust pillars with their energetic light and winds. The open cluster of stars contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of our Sun, many dim stars only a fraction of the mass of our Sun, and an absent microquasar that was expelled millions of years ago. The Heart Nebula is located about 7,500 light years away toward the constellation of Cassiopeia. Coincidentally, a small meteor was captured in the foreground during imaging and is visible above the dust pillars. At the top right is the companion Fishhead Nebula.

Image Credit & Copyright: Bray Falls

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IC 1795 - Fishhead Nebula

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IC 1805 - Heart Nebula, Open Star Cluster Melotte 15 (Center of Heart Nebula), Fishhead Nebula (Top Right)

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IC 1795 - Fishhead Nebula

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IC 1795 or the Fishhead nebula. by Lars Zetterlund Via Flickr: IC 1795, also nicknamed the Fishhead nebula, is an emission nebula in Cassiopeia. This is a bicolor image with a synthetic green from 10h45 min of OIII and 9h20 min of Ha. This image could benefit from SII as well, but I decided that I had already spent enough time on it. Imaged with an Atik 460 through a C14 with 0.63 reducer riding on a Paramount MX.

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IC 1805 // Heart Nebula

Open Star Cluster Melotte 15 (center of Heart Nebula)

Fishhead Nebula (top right)

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