Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1795  ·  IC 1805  ·  IC 1831  ·  IC 1848  ·  IC 1871  ·  NGC 1027  ·  NGC 896
Heart and Soul Nebula, Antonio Jose Paris
Heart and Soul Nebula
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Heart and Soul Nebula

Heart and Soul Nebula, Antonio Jose Paris
Heart and Soul Nebula
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Heart and Soul Nebula

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The Heart Nebula, also known as IC 1805, is an emission nebula located 7,500 lightyears away in the Cassiopeia constellation. At the centre of the Heart Nebula is an open star cluster called Melotte 15, which contains bright stars that are about 50 times as massive as our own Sun. The Soul Nebula is a cloud of cosmic gas and dust 150 lightyears wide that's being illuminated and carved by powerful streams of charged particles emanating from an open cluster of stars. Like the Heart Nebula, it too is an emission nebula.

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Heart and Soul Nebula, Antonio Jose Paris