Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1871
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A Study of the Heart and Soul Part 6 of 9 - Mrs. ET, Timothy Martin
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A Study of the Heart and Soul Part 6 of 9 - Mrs. ET

In December 2020, I spent many nights shooting a monster 18-panel mosaic of the H&S region with the small WO Z61 refractor. I wanted to capture not only both main nebulas, but also the faint nebulosity that surrounds them and streams out of them. While I was doing that, I decided to home in the C11 on smaller, interesting regions of those nebulas as part of a more rigorous study.

The sixth image of the study contains IC 1871, the Whirling Dervish Nebula as part of the "neck" region of the Soul Nebula, W5. But I've labeled this "Mrs. ET" because of an exchange I had with my daughter about this nebula. She said the black cloud at the top looks a little like ET. I told her it was ET's mom, and boy is she mad! ET did NOT have permission to borrow the family starship and take it across the intergalactic void just to go play in a friend's galaxy!

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