Soul Nebula Archives - Astrodoc: Astrophotography by Ron Brecher https://astrodoc.ca/tag/soul-nebula/ Astrodoc.ca - Images of the Universe Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:31:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 IC 1848 https://astrodoc.ca/ic-1848/ https://astrodoc.ca/ic-1848/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2025 17:09:14 +0000 https://astrodoc.ca/?p=14518 IC 1848, The Soul Nebula Click image for full size version November 22, 2025; BBC Sky at Night Photo of the Month, February 2026 This beautiful cloud of glowing hydrogen gas is the Soul Nebula, catalogued as IC 1848, Sh2-199 and LBN667. It's also known as Westerhaut 5. The nebula looks like a baby if [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ic-1848/feed/ 1 Heart and Soul Nebulae, Wide Field https://astrodoc.ca/heart-soul-wide/ https://astrodoc.ca/heart-soul-wide/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:31:03 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=11370 Heart and Soul Nebulae, Wide Field Click image for full size version November 27, 2019 The Heart Nebula (upper right; IC 1805, Sh2-190), and Soul Nebula (lower left; IC 1848, Westerhout 5, LBN 667, Sh2-199) are large clouds of glowing gas. Both are in Cassiopeia and about 7,500 light years away in the Perseus arm [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/heart-soul-wide/feed/ 4 The Soul Nebula https://astrodoc.ca/soul/ https://astrodoc.ca/soul/#comments Mon, 13 Nov 2017 13:59:30 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=10437 The Soul Nebula Click image for full size version November 13, 2017 This beautiful cloud of glowing hydrogen gas is the Soul Nebula, catalogued as Sh2-199 and LBN667.  The nebula looks like a baby (and it is also known as the Baby Nebula), especially when presented as it is here.  Others see a footprint (maybe we should [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/soul/feed/ 2 IC1795, Fish Head Nebula https://astrodoc.ca/ic1795/ https://astrodoc.ca/ic1795/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2015 21:34:00 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=8855 IC1795, Fish Head Nebula Click image for full size version October 21, 2015 IC1795 is an emission nebula composed mainly of glowing hydrogen gas.  It lies about 6,000 light years away in the direction of Cassiopeia. It is an extension of the famous Heart Nebula (IC1805) and lies close to the Soul Nebula (IC1848).  I've [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ic1795/feed/ 0 The Soul Nebula and IC1848 https://astrodoc.ca/ic1848-2014/ https://astrodoc.ca/ic1848-2014/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:45:38 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=5398 The Soul Nebula and IC1848 Click image for full size version December 12, 2014 This beautiful cloud of glowing hydrogen gas is the Soul Nebula, catalogued as Sh2-199 and LBN667.  The nebula looks like a baby (and it is also known as the Baby Nebula), especially if you turn it over.  Others see a footprint (maybe we [...]

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