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Object name: IC1848 - Soul Nebula   Optics:   TEC 140 Apo-refractor with original field flattener
  Objekt type: Emission nebula   Focal lenght:   980 mm
  Constellation: Cassiopeia   Camera:   FLI ML 16803-65
  Location / Date: Remseck / 01.Feb.2011   Exposure:   13 x 1200 sec H-alpha / 8 x 1200 sec OIII / 8 x 1200 sec SII / 1 x 300 sec RGB
  Distance: approx. 7500 Lj   Filters:   Baader H-alpha filter 7 nm / OIII-filter 8.5 nm / SII-filter 8 nm
  Apparent dimensions: approx. 40' x 10'   Mount:   10micron GM2000
  Real dimensions: -   Autoguiding:   Off-Axis Guider - SX Lodestar
  Brightness: 6.5 m   Software:   MaxIm DL / Registar / Photoshop CS3
  Position (R.A. / DEC): 02h 51' 36.24" / +60° 26' 53.9"   Image processing:   Tone-Mapping-Method / real color
 
 


E
xplanation:

The Soul Nebula, IC 1805 (SH2-199) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia
and is the eastern neighbor of IC 1805 (Heart nebula).


The colors are mapped as real colors:

light red = H-alpha
cyan = OIII
dark red = SII