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Farmakopoulos Antonis
http://www.astrofarma.gr/
The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) is an emission nebula and
is formed by plasma of ionized hydrogen and free electrons. The nebula located
in the constellation of Cassiopeia and the distance from Earth is 7500 light
years. In the center of heart they are the open cluster Melotte 15. Picture
taken at Mauna Keratea Obs near Athens, Greece in 3 days with H α , Oiii, and
Sii Narrow band filters used the Hubble palette. Some technical details:
Telescope TAK FSQ 106, Mound SW EQ6, Camera QHY9 mono CCD, 9 hours total
exposes.