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The Heart of the Heart Nebula (Melotte 15), Christoph Flixeder
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The Heart of the Heart Nebula (Melotte 15)

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The Heart of the Heart Nebula (Melotte 15), Christoph Flixeder
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The Heart of the Heart Nebula (Melotte 15)

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In the heart of the well known Heart Nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia you can find the open star cluster Melotte 15, which is about 7500 light years away.
Many of the stars in Melotte 15 are only 1.5 million years old and are responsible for the impressive „sculpture of gas“ you can see in the image, due to the strong radiation and stellar winds they are emitting.

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The Heart of the Heart Nebula (Melotte 15), Christoph Flixeder