Heart Nebula
SH2-240 Ha
Description: Emission Nebula
Common Name: Heart Nebula
Messier Catalogue: N/A
NGC: N/A
IC: 1805
Caldwell: N/A
Sharpless: 2-190
Constellation: Cassiopeia
Size: 60.0 x 60.0 Arc Minutess
Visual Magnitude: +6.50
Distance: 7,500 Light Years
Camera: Canon EOS 450D
ISO: 800
Video: N/A
Light Frames: 10 x 240 Seconds
Dark Frames: N/A
Bias Frames: N/A
Flat Frames: N/A
Capture Program: BackYardEOS
Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker
Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3
Date Taken: 02/10/2019
Image Type: RGB
Dark Site?: Yes
Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED
Diameter: 70mm
Focal Length: 420mm
Reducer/Flattener?: Flattener/reducer
Mount Control: ExploreStars
Mount: iEXOS 100 PMC-Eight
Guided?: Yes PHD2
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