IC 1795 & NGC 896 – The Fish Head Nebula
March 7, 2026
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Adjacent to the larger Heart Nebula, IC 1805, the Fish Head is a star-forming region in Cassiopeia about 6,000 light years away.
Most of the new stars form in the dark dust lanes. But their energy excites the gasses in the region, ionizing them and causing them to emit their own light. In 1787, William Herschel discovered the brighter component, NGC 896. The Fish Head Nebula complex resides in the Perseus arm of our galaxy.
Telescope
Takahashi TOA130
Finding Chart
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Image Capture
Location:
Deep Sky West
Camera:
Total integration: 79h 30m
Integration per filter:
- R: 30m (30 × 60")
- G: 30m (30 × 60")
- B: 30m (30 × 60")
- Hα: 26h (156 × 600")
- SII: 26h (156 × 600”)
- OIII: 26h (156 × 600”)
Coordinates: 2h 27m 12.570s · +62° 0′ 22.19″
Moravian C5a-100M
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