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The Soul Nebula in HRGB The Soul Nebula, also known as Westerhout 5 (W5) amongst other names. Located in the constellation Cassiopeia, this celestial body is a vast star-forming region in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, roughly 7,500 light-years away. Its name is derived mainly from its association on the sky close... Continue Reading →
NGC 281 is more fondly known as the Pacman Nebula. In normal wavelengths this image resembles(ish) the ghost-gobbling Pacman, but here I'm using narrowband SHO data so things are slightly different. SHO Pacman Nebula (NGC 281) The centre of this bright emission region glows blue and green because of the dominant Oxygen and Hydrogen respectively.... Continue Reading →
The night sky is full of thousands of silhouettes of all many shapes and sizes. In 1919 an astronomer called Edward Barnard created a catalogue of more than 300 of these dark nebula.