The Heart and Soul nebulae
A pair of famous emission nebulae in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, the Heart (IC 1805) and Soul (IC 1848) nebulae are huge clouds of (mostly) hydrogen gas swaddling clusters of hot new stars which are hollowing out the surrounding clouds. These nebulae are around 7,500 light years away from us, in the Perseus arm of our Milky Way galaxy.
This photo was taken with a William Optics Redcat51 telescope attached to an ASI 2600MC camera fitted with an Optolong L-eXtreme filter. The image is an integrated stack of 15 hours total exposure, post-processed in PixInsight.
Observed from Prachinburi, Thailand.
The Heart and Soul nebulae
A pair of famous emission nebulae in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, the Heart (IC 1805) and Soul (IC 1848) nebulae are huge clouds of (mostly) hydrogen gas swaddling clusters of hot new stars which are hollowing out the surrounding clouds. These nebulae are around 7,500 light years away from us, in the Perseus arm of our Milky Way galaxy.
This photo was taken with a William Optics Redcat51 telescope attached to an ASI 2600MC camera fitted with an Optolong L-eXtreme filter. The image is an integrated stack of 15 hours total exposure, post-processed in PixInsight.
Observed from Prachinburi, Thailand.