deep-sky
nebula (emission)
IC 1848 – Soul Nebula
The Soul Nebula (Sharpless 2-199) is an emission nebula and a large star forming region which is located in the “Perseus Arm” of our galaxy and can be found in the constellation Cassiopeia.
Several open star clusters (i.e. Collinder 33 and Collinder 34) are present in the nebula, as well as a large radio source known as W5.
The nebula lies at a distance of approximately 6.500 light years.
This nebula is the eastern neighbor of IC1805 (The Heart Nebula).
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Image information:
Object info
Name:IC 1848 – The Soul Nebula
Type: Nebula (emission)
Constellation: Cassiopeia
Distance: 6500 ly
Date & location
Date: October 31, 2016
Location: Landgraaf, The Netherlands
Equipment & optics
Total integration: 3h25m
Camera: SBIG ST-8300M
Optics: TMB/LOMO 80/480
Mount: Losmandy G-11 Gemini
Image comments
Not a very good image.
Relatively low total integration time.
Camera was not correctly placed, stars at upper left are deformed/out of focus due to camera not being parallel to image plane.
