IC 1805, a two frame mosaic, Metsavainio
IC 1805, a two frame mosaic, Metsavainio

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The "Heart Nebula", IC1805 locates about 7500 light years away in constellation Cassiopeia. This is an emission nebula showing glow of ionized elements in a gas cloud and some darker dust lanes.

In a very center of the nebula, lays Melotte 15, it contains few very bright stars, nearly 50 times mass of our Sun, and many dim ones. The solar wind, a radiation pressure, from massive stars makes the gas twist to a various shapes.

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IC 1805, a two frame mosaic, Metsavainio