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IC 1805, Heart Nebula, and Melotte 15, open cluster
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IC 1805, Heart Nebula, and Melotte 15, open cluster, 10-Oct-2013 Scope: Orion 200mm Astrograph, f/4 Mount: HEQ5 Guiding: KWIQ/QHY5 / PHD Imaging Camera: Atik 383L+ Filters: Astrodon LRGB Frames: 7 each @ 5m0s of LRGB Total Exposure: 2h20m Processing: PixInsight Distance: 7500 ly   Target was intended to be IC 1805, the Heart Nebula. However, it turned out to be bigger than I expected. The Melotte 15 cluster looks good, though.

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