Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  HD17086  ·  HD17356  ·  HD17505  ·  HD17520  ·  HD17688  ·  HD17911  ·  HD17971  ·  HD18152  ·  HD18294  ·  HD18326  ·  HD18337  ·  HD18458  ·  HD18473  ·  HD237000  ·  HD237007  ·  HD237011  ·  HD237015  ·  HD237016  ·  HD237018  ·  HD237019  ·  HD237023  ·  HD237034  ·  HD237036  ·  HD237054  ·  IC 1848  ·  IC 1871  ·  LBN 667  ·  LBN 669  ·  LBN 670  ·  LBN 672  ·  And 7 more.
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Embryo Nebula - IC 1848, Massimo Di Fusco
Powered byPixInsight

Embryo Nebula - IC 1848

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Embryo Nebula - IC 1848, Massimo Di Fusco
Powered byPixInsight

Embryo Nebula - IC 1848

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

As the first light of my new camera, I chose a well-known and relatively simple subject to photograph, in order to understand the potential of the new instrument (actually I didn't choose it, I was "over there" for other reasons, but it does the same). We are talking about the so-called Soul Nebula (also known with the catalog abbreviations IC 1848 or W5), a diffuse nebula associated with an open cluster of young and hot stars of great mass, visible in the constellation of Cassiopeia, towards the border with the Giraffe. It is one of the areas where star formation is most active.
IC 1848 is also known by a second common name, the Embryo Nebula, which I personally prefer given its pareidolia-like resemblance to a supine fetus.

Comments