IC 1848 · nebula
Soul Nebula
Westerhout 5 is an emission nebula located in Cassiopeia.
RA02h 51m 10sDec+60° 24' 08"
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA. Source: JPL via images.nasa.gov.
Identity & coordinates
Identification
- Primary designation
- IC 1848
- All designations
- IC 1848 · Soul Nebula
- Object type
- Nebula
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
- Best viewing
- Autumn · Winter
Coordinates & physical
- Right ascension (J2000)
- 02h 51m 10s
- Declination (J2000)
- +60° 24' 08"
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- —
- Distance
- —
Visibility tonight
The science
Westerhout 5 is an emission nebula located in Cassiopeia. Several small open clusters are embedded in the nebula: Collinder 33 and 34 in the head and IC 1848 in the body.
The small emission nebula IC 1871 is present just left of the top of the head, and Sh2 199 is just below the lower back area.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia · CC-BY-SA-4.0
References
- SIMBAD Not resolved
- NED Fetched May 8, 2026 View in NED ↗
- Wikipedia Fetched May 8, 2026 Read full article ↗
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- coordinates: SIMBAD missing → NED used