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IC 1848 - The Soul Nebula, Frank Colosimo
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IC 1848 - The Soul Nebula

IC 1848 - The Soul Nebula, Frank Colosimo
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IC 1848 - The Soul Nebula

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Description

IC 1848 aka Sharpless 2-199, LBN 667, or Soul Nebula is an emission nebula located in Cassiopeia. The IC name specifically refers to an open cluster in the nebula. It lies about 7500 light years from us.

Imaging data:

Date: Sep 18-24 2014

Location: New Ringgold PA

Optics: Takahashi FSQ106 at f/5

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera/Filters: SBIG STL1000 Camera with Baader LRGBHa Filters

Guiding: Interal

Exposure: HA: 17x10 minutes R:16x6 min G:18x6 min B:19x6 min for a total of 8.1 hours

Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing using Photoshop. I combined the Red and Ha data 50-50 to produce the red channel to add some of the faint HA detail to the red channel. I used the HA channel for the luminance.

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IC 1848 - The Soul Nebula, Frank Colosimo

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