A heart-shaped red nebula with a dark blue-toned interior and a bright star cluster near its center, plus a smaller nebula fragment in the corner.

astrophotography / deep sky

The Heart Nebula

The distinctive heart-shaped outline of IC 1805 glows red around a dark central cavity carved out by its young star cluster, with the smaller Fish Head Nebula visible at lower right.

Date
9 October 2020