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Constellation: Cassiopeia
Distance: 6000 Light Years
Massive star forming clouds of energized hydrogen gas, the Heart and Soul nebulae stretch out over a distance of about 580 light-years, and are located in the Perseus arm of the Milky Way (one arm further out than the Orion-Cygnus arm, where our sun and solar system are located). IC 1805, to the right of this image, gets its nickname from its resemblence to a heart. The Soul Nebula, IC 1848, to the left, is reminiscent of a baby or embryo.
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Canon 350D modified
200 mm lens at f3.5
Piggybacked on Nexstar GPS 9.25
66 X 4 minutes
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