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Heart and Soul Nebula, IC 1805 and IC 1848, H-alpha and Near Infrared Animation, Eric Coles (coles44)
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Heart and Soul Nebula, IC 1805 and IC 1848, H-alpha and Near Infrared Animation

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This is the second image of the Astrodon Near-Infrared >700 nm filter (NIR) versus what you see with the H-alpha filter. Do you see any emission nebula. The animation clearly shows that for the most part, the answer is no. Although there are a series of dark structures that are similar in both images and likely dark clouds (not dark matter) in front of the emission nebula, obscuring the stars and in the case of the H-alpha image, the emissions behind. This lack of coincident emission nebulous structures in NIR image was to be expected considering the absence of any strong emission lines in the NIR area of the electromagnetic spectra. However, there is a small emission area in the NIR image near the bottom on the right side that is as yet not identified.

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Center (RA, Dec): (40.758, 61.042)

Center (RA, hms): 02h 43m 01.811s

Center (Dec, dms): +61° 02' 30.690"

Size: 3.11 x 3.11 deg

Radius: 2.201 deg

Pixel scale: 11.2 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: Up is -177 degrees E of N

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Heart and Soul Nebula, IC 1805 and IC 1848, H-alpha and Near Infrared Animation, Eric Coles (coles44)