Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1871  ·  Sh2-199
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IC 1848 Heart of the Soul, Carl Weber
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IC 1848 Heart of the Soul

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IC 1848 Heart of the Soul

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Description

Central rift of the Soul Nebula. Numerous Bok Globules can be seen as well as the dark clouds of dust.

Processed in SHO pallet. Starnet was used and the result was tone mapped. Lightroom and Topaz AI helped clean up the image.

162 x 300 Ha

131 x 300 OIII

140 x 300 SII

Total exposure time 36.1 hours

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  • IC 1848 Heart of the Soul, Carl Weber
    Original
  • IC 1848 Heart of the Soul, Carl Weber
    B
  • Final
    IC 1848 Heart of the Soul, Carl Weber
    C

B

Description: This is complete reprocess. For the first time, I used Photoshop for a great deal of the work. I've never really used PS before except for minor things and relied on Lightroom instead. This image is in SHO with Ha used as a luminance layer as well as for the stars.

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C

Description: Another revision because of the weather preventing any new imaging time.

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IC 1848 Heart of the Soul, Carl Weber