IC 1848 (Also known as Westerhout 5)is an
emission nebula located in
Cassiopeia. Several small open clusters are embedded in the nebula: CR 34, 632, and 634 (in the head) and
IC 1848 (in the body). The object is more commonly called by the cluster designation IC 1848.Small emission nebula IC 1871 is present just left of the top of the head, and small emission nebulae 670 and 669 are just below the lower back area.The galaxies
Maffei 1 and
Maffei 2 are both nearby the nebula, although light extinction from the Milky Way makes them very hard to see. Once thought to be part of the
Local Group, they are now known to belong to their own group- the
IC 342/Maffei Group.This complex is the eastern neighbor of IC1805 (
Heart Nebula) and the two are often mentioned together as the "Heart and Soul".
This is a simulated Hubble Palette (SHO) of the image, created in PixInsight. To the eye, this nebula emits almost exclusively in red; the SHO palette broadens the color spectrum and dynamics of the image.
More information on this object can be found here:
IC1805 and IC1848 - The Heart and Soul Nebulae (atlasoftheuniverse.com)
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