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The Soul Nebula, vikas chander
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The Soul Nebula

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The Soul Nebula

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The Heart and Soul Nebula are very popular deep sky imaging targets for astrophotographers with widefield scopes. This image however dives in deeper into the 1848th entry in the Index Catalogues of the New General Catalogue of nebulae and star clusters. IC 1848 or Sh2-199 or the Soul Nebula lies within the Perseus spiral arm of our Milky Way Galaxy, at a distance of 6500 light years from planet Earth's skies toward the constellation Cassiopeia. Imaging was done at the DeepSkyWest remote observatory on the fabulous AstroPhysics Starfire AP175 refractor.

Sii: 40 x 30m
Ha: 39 x 30m
Oiii: 22 x 30m
Total integration: 50h30m

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The Soul Nebula, vikas chander