Soul Nebula IC 1848 Ha+OSC (Little Buffalo Orientation) (Brandon Tackett)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas) · Contains: IC 1848 · IC 1871 · LBN 667 · LBN 669 · LBN 670 · LBN 672 · LBN 673 · LBN 675 · LDN · Sh2-198 · Sh2-199 · Sh2-201

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Soul Nebula IC 1848 Ha+OSC (Little Buffalo Orientation)

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Soul Nebula IC 1848 Ha+OSC (Little Buffalo Orientation)

I have taken a few different cracks at the Ha+OSC image and have never been overly happy. I decided to post this anyway to put it to rest. If I get another clear <50% moon night, I may retry the OSC color data. Always open to feed back and idea where I may have gone astray on this image.

The soul nebula is a hydrogen emission nebula with several open clusters present in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Often paired with the heart nebula it is located 7,500 light years from earth.

The structure present in the Ha layer, especially notable in the starless image is incredible and gets lost in the color image.

My wife and I have had a good laugh with what we see in the image. In the classic orientation, she sees a late first trimester baby in the womb and when I rotated it 180 degrees I see a baby buffalo gleefully chasing after a second tumble weed after already tossing the first over its head.

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RA (center)	02h55m33s.70
RA (top/left)	02h45m39s.15
RA (top/right)	03h05m24s.93
RA (bottom/right)	03h05m59s.33
RA (bottom/left)	02h45m12s.18

Dec (center)	+60°26′00″.7
Dec (top/left)	+59°35′57″.6
Dec (top/right)	+59°35′13″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+61°13′09″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	+61°13′47″.6

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