This image captures the southern outer shell of the Heart Nebula, a region dominated by compressed H-alpha emission and dark molecular dust. Shaped by powerful winds and radiation from massive young stars, these structures mark the expanding boundary of a giant H II region.
🔭 Equipment
PlaneWave CDK17
ZWO ASI 6200MM Pro
Astrodon HaRGB filters
Remote observatory: Roboscopes, Fregenal de la Sierra (Spain)
⏱ Total exposure
R: 75 × 60 s
G: 54 × 60 s
B: 51 × 60 s
Ha: 60 × 120 s
📍 IC 1805 (Heart Nebula), Cassiopeia
📏 Distance: ~7,500 light-years
by kbarth001
1 Comment
That’s incredible, love space