Nebula 026 / 100
Heart Nebula
IC1805
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Cas
- Right ascension
- 2h 32m 41.5s
- Declination
- +61° 27′
- Apparent magnitude
- 6.5
- Angular size
- 60x60′
- Catalogue
- IC1805
Located in Cassiopeia.
The outline on your card
A broad emission region whose dark rifts outline a heart-shaped form.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 1.00 : 1
- Central source
- Embedded cluster
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Dark lane · Embedded stars · Bright rim
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