Mosaic EPIC images from N185, in the ([0.4–1.5]) keV energy band. Top row: left, the raw data, combined EPIC MOS1/2 and pn image; right, the combined EPIC smoothed image. Bottom row: left, X-ray contours at ﹩5\sigma ﹩, ﹩6\sigma ﹩, and ﹩9\sigma ﹩ above the cosmic background level are superposed onto a smoothed image; a comparison between the Hα emission of N185, which was taken from the MCELS (Smith et al. 1998), and the X-ray emission (in black contours).