Around 6000 light years away in the Northern reaches of Casseopoeia liaes a large molecular cloud and a complex of star forming regions. This object, commonly refered to as the Fish Head nebula and designated IC 1795, lies at the tip of the adjacent Heart neula (IC 1805). The dark band that separates the fish head from the body and the other dark features over the glowing gas of the nebula is actually a lane of obscuring dust.

This  filtered narrowband image features part of the Heart nebula IC 1805 that lies adjacent to the area shown above and is about 90 mins of exposure through a Hydrogen Alpha filter.