The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190, is some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787. It is an emission nebula showing glowing ionised hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes.

Image Details

🔭 Equipment:
Refractor TS86SDQ, 86 mm aperture, 450 mm focal length
Reducer / Flattener 0.8x
Mount RainbowAstro RST-150H
Atik 383L+ (Kodak KAF8300 sensor)
Atik 9-position filter wheel
QHY mini guide scope
QHY 5-II (guide camera)
Primalucelab Sesto Senso focuser
Primalucelab Eagle2 computer

💻 Software: 
(Windows 10) Sequence Generator Pro, PHD2, SkySafari, ASCOM drivers
(Mac OSX) PixInsight

📷 Exposures: (Hα, OIII, SII)
Hα, bin 1, 65x 600s
OIII, bin 1, 62x 600s
SII, bin 1, 28x 600s

📍Location:
Switzerland, St-Sulpice, 
Bortle 6