Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1848  ·  IC 1871

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    The Soul Nebula - OSC with H-Alpha, Thomas Richter
    The Soul Nebula - OSC with H-Alpha
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    The Soul Nebula - OSC with H-Alpha

    Image of the day 09/04/2022

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      The Soul Nebula - OSC with H-Alpha, Thomas Richter
      The Soul Nebula - OSC with H-Alpha
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      The Soul Nebula - OSC with H-Alpha

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      Object description (wikipedia.org):
      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=noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact[citation needed] (in the head) and [url=mw-redirect=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC1848]IC 1848[/url] (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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        The Soul Nebula - OSC with H-Alpha, Thomas Richter
        Original
        The Soul Nebula - OSC with H-Alpha, Thomas Richter
        B
      • Final
        The Soul Nebula - OSC with H-Alpha, Thomas Richter
        C

      B

      Description: Starless H-Alpha Version, also captured by ASI2600MC with Baader 2" Ha filter

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      C

      Description: Thist is the cropped (right) version. The previous one was accidentally published.

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      The Soul Nebula - OSC with H-Alpha, Thomas Richter