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Emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia

Heart Nebula
Emission nebula
H II region
Heart Nebula, with the Fish Head Nebula on the top right corner, narrowband image captured on a 70 mm scope
Observation data: J2000.0 epoch
Right ascension	02 33 22
Declination	+61° 26′ 36″
Distance	7,500 ly
Apparent magnitude (V)	18.3
Apparent dimensions (V)	150' x 150'
Constellation	Cassiopeia
Physical characteristics
Radius	165 ly
Absolute magnitude (V)	6.5

Designations	NGC 896, IC1805, Sh 2-190
See also: Lists of nebulae

The Heart Nebula (also known as the Running Dog Nebula, Sharpless 2-190) is an emission nebula, 7500 light years away from Earth and located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787. It displays glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes.

The brightest part of the nebula (a knot at its western edge) is separately classified as NGC 896, because it was the first part of the nebula to be discovered. The nebula's intense red output and its morphology are driven by the radiation emanating from a small group of stars near the nebula's center. This open cluster of stars, known as Collinder 26, Melotte 15, or IC 1805, contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of the Sun, and many more dim stars that are only a fraction of the Sun's mass.

The Heart Nebula is also made up of ionised oxygen and sulfur gasses, responsible for the rich blue and orange colours seen in narrowband images. The shape of the nebula is driven by stellar winds from the hot stars in its core. The nebula also spans almost 2 degrees in the sky, covering an area four times that of the diameter of the full moon.

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Image composed of 7 hours of RGB data collected in Escanaba, Michigan, United States
Capture on AT80ED on ASI294MC Pro with dualband filter in North Carolina
Heart Nebula captured on an ASI2600mc-pro with a Triad Narrowband Filter
Heart Nebula and Soul Nebula are part of a large chimney cloud complex
Melotte 15 is part of Heart Nebula. There are several bright stars here, some of them nearly 50 times mass of the Sun.
Captured from Manchester in September 2022
32 hours of Narrowband Exposure captured over 5 nights from Utica, Michigan, United States

References

^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 850 - 899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
"astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/NGC%201-7840%20complete.htm". astronomy-mall.
"The Heart Nebula in Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur | Science Mission Directorate". science.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-12-30. Retrieved 2021-12-30.

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See also: Gum catalog Nebula RCW Catalogue Stewart Sharpless

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NGC	NGC 891 NGC 892 NGC 893 NGC 894 NGC 895 NGC 896 NGC 897 NGC 898 NGC 899 NGC 900 NGC 901
IC	IC 1799 IC 1800 IC 1801 IC 1802 IC 1803 IC 1804 IC 1805 IC 1806 IC 1807 IC 1808 IC 1809 IC 1810 IC 1811

Constellation of Cassiopeia

Stars

Bayer	α (Schedar) β (Caph) γ (Navi/Tsih) δ (Ruchbah) ε (Segin) ζ (Fulu) η (Achird) θ (Marfak) ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ υ υ (Castula) φ χ ψ ω
Flamsteed	1 2 4 6 9 10 12 42 47 48 (A) 49 50 54
Variable	R S TZ WZ YZ (21) AO AR PZ V373 V509 V547 V669 V705 V762 V863 V773 V987 V1022 V1405
HR	5 91 144 196 244 273 297 743 932 8832 8853 8881
HD	861 7924 7977 15558 17156 (Nushagak) 240210 240237 240429 240430
Other	BD+60°2522 Gliese 49 IRAS 23304+6147 LS I +61 303 PSR J0205+6449 Tycho G 4U 0142+61 WR 2 WR 3

Exoplanets	HD 7924 b HD 17156 b HD 219134 b c d e (h) f g HD 240210 b HD 240237 b

Star clusters	Messier 52 Messier 103 NGC 103 NGC 110 NGC 129 NGC 133 NGC 136 NGC 146 NGC 189 NGC 225 NGC 358 NGC 366 NGC 381 NGC 433 NGC 436 NGC 457 NGC 559 NGC 637 NGC 654 NGC 659 NGC 663 NGC 1027 NGC 7789 NGC 7790 Trumpler 3

Nebulae

NGC	281 7635
Other	3C 58 Cassiopeia A Heart Nebula IC 289 IC 1805 KjPn 8 LBN 114.55+00.22 Sh 2-185 Westerhout 5

Galaxies

NGC	147 185 278
Other	Andromeda VII 3C 20 3C 35 Dwingeloo 1 Dwingeloo 2 MB 3 IC 10 Maffei 1 Maffei 2 QSO B0153+744

Astronomical events	SN 1181 SN 1572 (B)

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