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The Heart Nebula
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Description
The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) is about 7500 light years away from Earth and located in the Perseus Arm of the Milky-way Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia.
It was captured by yours truly in 2020 with a 152mm achromat telescope from the Israeli desert using 3 narrowband filters.
The different colors correspond to different element composition of the nebula:
Green - hydrogen
Blue - oxygen
Red - sulfur