Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1848  ·  IC 1871  ·  Sh2-199
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Soul Nebula - Two panel mosaic, urmymuse
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Soul Nebula - Two panel mosaic

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Soul Nebula - Two panel mosaic

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A first for me ! This is an accidental mosaic in the sense that I didn't plan to do it but then realised I could

Thanks to Doug Hubble for his you tube vid that shows how to do this in photoshop

The image is very noisy and I have a lot to learn re processing but I like it

From wiki ....

Westerhout 5 (Sharpless 2-199, LBN 667, Soul Nebula) is an emission nebula located in Cassiopeia. Several small open clusters are embedded in the nebula: CR 34, 632, and 634[citation needed] (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".

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