Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1805  ·  LBN 654  ·  LDN 1364  ·  LDN 1366  ·  LDN 1367  ·  LDN 1368  ·  LDN 1369  ·  Sh2-190
Heart of Heart Nebula, Melotte-15, Andrei Gusan
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Heart of Heart Nebula, Melotte-15

Heart of Heart Nebula, Melotte-15, Andrei Gusan
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Heart of Heart Nebula, Melotte-15

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Melotte-15 is the star cluster at the heart of the Heart Nebula asociated with very young hot blue supergiant stars that is only 1.5 million years old. 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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Heart of Heart Nebula, Melotte-15, Andrei Gusan