Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1848  ·  IC 1871
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IC 1848 - The Soul Nebula (2 Panel Mosaic), Oliver Czernetz
IC 1848 - The Soul Nebula (2 Panel Mosaic)
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IC 1848 - The Soul Nebula (2 Panel Mosaic)

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IC 1848 - The Soul Nebula (2 Panel Mosaic), Oliver Czernetz
IC 1848 - The Soul Nebula (2 Panel Mosaic)
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IC 1848 - The Soul Nebula (2 Panel Mosaic)

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IC 1848, or the Soul Nebula (Sharpless 2-199, LBN 667) is emission nebulae in Cassiopeia, located about 7500 ly away.

This complex is the eastern neighbor of IC1805 (Heart Nebula) and the two are often mentioned together as the "Heart and Soul".

Image Assembly and Processing: Oliver Czernetz

Data courtesy: POSS-II Survey (2 Frames, R+B, G synthesized).

Software: Fits Liberator, RegiStar, Photoshop CS5.

Hope you like & enjoy, and as always: Feedback highly appreciated. Thanks for looking!

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(The Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II) was made by the California Institute of Technology with funds from the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the Sloan Foundation, the Samuel Oschin Foundation, and the Eastman Kodak Corporation.)

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IC 1848 - The Soul Nebula (2 Panel Mosaic), Oliver Czernetz