Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1805  ·  Sh2-190
Mellote 15 Heart of the Heart, Jerry Macon
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Mellote 15 Heart of the Heart

Mellote 15 Heart of the Heart, Jerry Macon
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Mellote 15 Heart of the Heart

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Imaged on the nights of 10/17/2017 and 12/22/2017 under dark skies.

Melotte-15 is the star cluster at the heart of the Heart Nebula. It is an OB association of very young hot blue supergiant stars that is only 1.5 million years old. Fierce stellar winds from this cluster have blown the enormous bubble within the parent HII nebula that is the heart nebula. The winds have also sculpted the dust clouds within which other stars are forming into interesting columns and shapes, analogous to the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula

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Mellote 15 Heart of the Heart, Jerry Macon