Heart Nebula (IC 1805)
A heart-shaped nebula, photographed under the dark skies of Poloniny.
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Buy in the shopAbout the object
The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) in Cassiopeia lies about 7,500 light years away. Its shape was carved by a cluster of young, very hot stars at its centre, whose radiation and stellar winds push the surrounding gas away.
How the image was made
- Captured
- 29 August 2025 (start, several nights)
- Total exposure
- 5 h 15 min (63 × 300 s)
- Camera
- ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Focal length
- 449 mm
- Mount
- ZWO AM5N
- Location
- Poloniny Dark-Sky Park, Slovakia
- Calibration & stacking
- Siril 1.4.0-beta3
- Processing
- Adobe Lightroom 8.5.1 (Windows)
Data from the original file’s metadata or from the author.