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The Heart and Soul Nebula, Sean Liang
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The Heart and Soul Nebula, Sean Liang

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The heart and soul nebula is a collection of starforming regions, emission nebulas and dark dust lanes. It is located in the constellation Cassiopeia, 7500 light years away from Earth. Both targets have a distinctive core surrounded by brightly illuminated hydrogen gases, the result of solar wind carving out the interior of interstellar gas clouds. The winds are generated by newborn stars, which can be found in the core region of the nebulas. The stars also give off intense radiation, ionising the gas clouds and causing them to shine in stunning colours. (The blue colour indicates the presence of Oxygen, while the yellowish clouds indicate hydrogen and sulphur).

Interesting fact: the Heart Nebula is called "the Running Dog Nebula", but I cannot figure out where the dog is.

(The original data was acquired from Telescope Live, which I processed using pixinsight and photoshop).

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The Heart and Soul Nebula, Sean Liang