Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1805
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Melotte-15, Heart of the Heart, Randal Healey
Melotte-15, Heart of the Heart
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Melotte-15, Heart of the Heart

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Melotte-15, Heart of the Heart

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A new look at Melotte-15, (Heart of the Heart) using my 9.25 SCT with a reducer. I hope you enjoy this image, it's one of my favorite targets and i've shot it several times.

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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Melotte-15, Heart of the Heart, Randal Healey