The Heart Nebula (IC1805)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 60 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , the Heart Nebula is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 04:00, 26° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:19 (EDT), 17° above your northern horizon.
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Name
The Heart Nebula (IC1805)
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 02h32m [2] |
| Declination: | +61°27' [2] |
| Constellation: | Cassiopeia |
| Magnitude: | 7.90 (V) [3] 7.03 (B) [2] |
| Distance: | 2.3 kpc 7.6 klyr [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.53 |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.95 |
Sources