his image shows the head (facing right), shoulder and arm region of IC 1848, The Soul Nebula, a star-forming region lying 7500 light-years from Earth. Dark molecular clouds form the right "eye" of the Soul's "face". The "mouth" is comprised of a separate IC object, IC 1871, which has an intriguing structure that looks like a whirling tornado extending off the tip of its triangular cloud.

Telescope: Celestron Compustar C14.

Exposures:  Ha:R:G:B =900:90:90:80 = 19 hours 20 minutes total exposure at f/8.3.