Heart Nebula
The Heart Nebula also known as the Running dog nebula is an emission nebula, 7500 light years away from Earth and located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It displays glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes.
The brightest part of the nebula (a knot at its western edge) is separately classified as NGC 896, because it was the first part of the nebula to be discovered. The nebula’s intense red output and its morphology are driven by the radiation emanating from a small group of stars near the nebula’s center.
The Heart Nebula is made up of ionized oxygen and sulfur gasses, responsible for the rich blue and orange colors seen in narrowband images of Ha, Siii and Oii
| Object | Heart Nebula |
| Link | https://www.shetzers.com/heart-and-soul-nebulas/ |
| Wiki Link | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Nebula |
| Hemisphere | Northern |
| Constellation | Cassiopeia |
| Other Names contained in image | Running dog nebula, IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190) |
| Imaging telescopes or lenses | Takahashi FSQ -106ED4 |
| Imaging cameras | QHY268M |
| Mounts | Software Bisque Paramount MYT |
| Focal reducers | None |
| Software | Software Bisque The Sky X, N.I.N.A., PHD Lab PHD2, Viking, PixInsight, Photoshop, Lightroom |
| Filters | Astrodon LRGB Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance 36mm unmounted. Chroma Technology Narrowband 3nm Ha, SII, OIII – 36mm Unmounted |
| Accessories | Moonlite NightCrawler 35 focuser, Maxdome II, Digital Loggers Pro Switch, Sky Alert Weather Station, Pegagsus Ultimate Powerbox v2, Starlight Xpress filter wheel. |
| Guiding Telescope or Lenses | Orion 60mm Guide Scope |
| Guiding Camera | ZWO ASI290MM Mini |
| Imaging Dates | 12/20/21,1/20/22, 1/30/22,9/1/22,9/2/22,9/3/22,9/4/22,9/5/22,9/6/22,9/9/22,9/10/22,9/11/22,9/12/22 |
| Frames | Luminance: 8×180″ (0.4h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -10C, Bin 1×1 Red: 8×180″ (0.4h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -10C, Bin 1×1 Green: 6×180″ (0.3h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -10C, Bin 1×1 Blue:7×180″ (0.35h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -10C, Bin 1×1 Ha: 56×600″ (9.3h) Gain 60, High Gain Mode, Temp -10C, Bin 1×1 OII: 44×600″ (7.3h) Gain 60, High Gain Mode, Temp -10C, Bin 1×1 SIII: 49×600″ (8.2h) Gain 60, High Gain Mode, Temp -10C, Bin 1×1 |
| Integration | 26h 15m |
| Darks | 50 |
| Flats | 20 per Filter |
| Flat Darks | 40 |
| Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: | 2 |
| RA center | 38.002 |
| DEC center | 61.4969 |
| Pixel scale | 3.76 |
| Resolution | 6280 x 4210 |
| Locations | Sirus 3.5m Observatory, Carbondale Colorado |
| Data source | Backyard |
| Seeing | Average |
| Post Processing Techniques | PixInsight to Photoshop to Lightroom |
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