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IC 1805
IC 1805 — Heart Nebula
Emission Nebula
· CassiopeiaIntermediate
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Target information
- Object type
- Emission Nebula
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
- Right ascension
- 2h 32m 48s
- Declination
- +61° 27′ 00″
- Magnitude
- 6.5
- Angular size
- 150′
- Surface brightness
- 14 mag/arcmin²
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Best months
- October, November, December
- Catalog IDs
- IC 1805;Sh2-190
About this target
Large HII region; often paired with IC 1848.