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HEART OF SOUL - IC 1848, Alberto Maria Casati
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HEART OF SOUL - IC 1848

IC 1848 – SOUL NEBULA (DETAIL)
The Soul Nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia, 7500 light-years from Earth.
It is known by the acronym IC1848 or W4 and is paired with an equally famous nebula, the Heart Nebula.
both are very large for about 300 light years.

This is a very large HII region, whose distance is estimated at 7600 light years from us; its gas is illuminated by the stars of some clusters and associations of nearby stars, among which Cr 33 and Cr 34 stand out, two very large but concentrationless open clusters, formed by giant blue stars born from the gases of the nebula. The light is then re-emitted from the nebula in the red color typical of hydrogen H-alpha emission lines. Star formation is very active inside the nebula.

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HEART OF SOUL - IC 1848, Alberto Maria Casati