Nebula 034 / 100
Fishhead Nebula
IC1795
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Cas
- Right ascension
- 2h 26m 31.9s
- Declination
- +62° 03′
- Angular size
- 12x12′
- Catalogue
- IC1795
Located in Cassiopeia.
The outline on your card
A bright head of ionised gas abuts a dark cloud in the Heart Nebula complex.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 1.00 : 1
- Central source
- Embedded cluster
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Dark lane · Embedded stars · Bright rim
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