Soul Nebula

Soul Nebula IC-1848 taken from Staffordshire, UK by Nigel Armitage in February 2025.

The Soul Nebula is a cloud of cosmic gas and dust 150 light years wide that’s being illuminated and carved by powerful streams of charged particles emanating from an open cluster of stars.
It is 6,500 light years from Earth.

This image contains 40 images, 1.3 hours of data.
It was taken in a Bortle 5 Sky.

The equipment used was:
Williams Optics FLT132
ASI ZWO240MC Pro OSC
Optilong L Extreem Filter
ZWO AM5
ASIAir Plus
Williams Optics 50mm Guide Scope
ASI ZWO 120mm Mini Guide Camera.

The image was processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.

Cassiopeia Constellation Map. Credit: IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine 

(Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). License: CC 4

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