Circumpolar

Description: Emission Nebula Common Name: Heart Nebula Messier Catalogue: N/A NGC: N/A Constellation: Cassiopeia Size: 60.0 x 60.0 Arc Minutes Visual Magnitude: +6.50 Distance: 6.2 Kilo Light Years

Heart Nebula

The Heart Nebula lies to the left hand side and slightly south of the big “W” that is the constellation of Cassiopeia.

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Date Taken: 02/10/2019 Dark Site?: Yes Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED Diameter: 70mm Focal Length: 420mm Reducer/Flattener?: Flattener Barlow: N/A Mount: iEXOS 100 PMC-Eight Guided?: Yes Guiding Software: PHD2 Filter: Semi-APO

Camera: Canon EOS 450D ISO: 800 Video: N/A Light Frames: 10 x 240 Seconds Total Exposure: 40 minutes Dark Frames: Bias Frames: Flat Frames: Capture Program: BackYardEOS Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3