Cassiopeia
4 photos
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Soul Nebula (IC 1848)
Twenty-nine hours of exposure on a stellar nursery a hundred light years wide, where the winds of young stars carve pillars and arches. -
Heart Nebula (IC 1805)
A heart of hydrogen two hundred light years wide, carved by the wind of a handful of very young stars. -
Bubble and Lobster Claw (NGC 7635 and Sh2-157)
A bubble blown into the gas by the wind of a single star, beside a nebula shaped like a pincer. -
Pacman Nebula (NGC 281)
A cloud of hydrogen with a bite of dark dust taken out of it: the shape that earned it a video-game name.