Imaged on 10/01/05
Scope: Takahashi FSQ 106 Refractor
Mount: Piggybacked on a Meade LX200
Autoguider: SXV-H9 autoguiding camera
attached to an 8" LX200 OTA
L,Ha,RGB exposures: 30,45,45 minutes
for a total of 2 hrs
Site: Anza Borrego Desert
Temp: 67 degrees; mild wind.
IC 1805 is large, spanning about 1 degree
and is 7,500 light years away.
This image shows the center portion of
IC 1805. The full image resembles a heart
owing to its common name of the "Heart Nebula".
