Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1848  ·  IC 1871
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Soul Nebula, Tony Brown
Soul Nebula
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Located in the constellation Cassiopeia, the Soul Nebula, also known as IC 1848, is an emission nebula situated approximately 6,500 light-years away from Earth. Its intricate and captivating features are composed of hydrogen gas and dust, sculpted by the intense radiation and stellar winds emanating from the cluster of young, massive stars at its core.Its sometimes easy to become glassy eyed with some of the numbers that are referenced in astronomy. As context here in the UK 6500 years ago when this light started its journey to me there was no UK / England, in fact the country was in the middle of the stone age. The best tools we had at our disposal were made from stone, antler and bone.The tools I used to capture the image were only really conceived of in a fraction of 1% before this light arrived.

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Soul Nebula, Tony Brown