Nebula 027 / 100
Soul Nebula
IC1848
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Cas
- Right ascension
- 2h 51m 10.6s
- Declination
- +60° 24′
- Apparent magnitude
- 6.5
- Angular size
- 40x10′
- Catalogue
- IC1848
Located in Cassiopeia.
The outline on your card
A ridge of glowing gas and dark dust shaped like a fetal silhouette.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 0.25 : 1
- Central source
- Embedded cluster
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Dark lane · Embedded stars
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