Emission nebula
Soul Nebula (IC1848)
In Cassiopeia (Cas) • Magnitude 8.5 • 1.0 degrees
Open the free AstroPlanner with Soul Nebula pre-selected, scored against your telescope, location, and the live cloud forecast.
Companion to the Heart Nebula. Together they form a classic mosaic target.
Soul Nebula at a glance
| Catalog IDs | I 1848 |
| Type | Emission nebula |
| Constellation | Cassiopeia (Cas) |
| Right ascension | 02h 51m 18s |
| Declination | +60° 25' 12" |
| Apparent magnitude | 8.50 |
| Surface brightness | 15.0 mag/arcsec² |
| Angular size | 60.0 × 30.0 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | 75° |
| Best imaging months | Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan |
How to image Soul Nebula
Soul Nebula sits in the constellation Cassiopeia at right ascension 02h 51m 18s and declination +60° 25' 12". To frame and integrate it well, AstroPlanner will compute the optimal moonless window for tonight from your location, the field-of-view fit against your sensor and focal length, the suggested total integration time given your aperture and sky Bortle class, and a cloud-aware schedule that drops it from the plan if your nearest cloud forecast spike overlaps the best altitude window. As an emission nebula, Soul Nebula responds very well to dual-narrowband filters under city skies.