Thought I would reprocess my first shot of IC1848 taken a few years back. Always reminded me of the verse of the Qur’an:
“And they ask thee about the soul. Say, ‘The soul is by the command of my Lord: and the knowledge thereof you have been given but a little.’ (17:86)
A few gems:
The cluster of stars,
IC1848 formed about a million years ago from the material of the nebula. Winds and ultraviolet light from these young stars are excavating a cavity in the cloud. Parts of the cloud that are more dense than their surroundings are being eroded more slowly and form giant towers, or pillars of dust and gas. Material at the interior edges of the cavity is also being compressed by the winds and radiation from the star cluster. This triggers new star formation in those areas. The pillars inside the Soul Nebula are each about 10 light-years tall and have stars forming at their tips.
* The
Soul Nebula also known as the
Embryo nebula, is an open cluster of stars surrounded by a vast star forming region of clouds of dust and gas
* Contains large cavities that were carved out by radiation and winds from the region's most massive stars
* According to the theory of triggered star formation, the carving out of these cavities pushes gas together, causing it to ignite into successive generations of new stars.
* 150 light-years across and 6,500 light-years from
Earth* The designation of IC 1848 for the Soul Nebula means that it is the 1,848th entry in the Index Catalogues of the NGC.
* Credit: NASA/JPL-CalTech/UCLA
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