Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1795  ·  IC 1805  ·  NGC 896
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IC1805 Heart Nebula, henri62
IC1805 Heart Nebula
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IC1805 Heart Nebula

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IC1805 Heart Nebula

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The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) is an emission nebula located at an approximate distance of 7,500 light years from Earth, in the constellation Cassiopeia.

The nebula’s glow comes from the radiation of a small open cluster of stars known as Melotte 15.which ionized the hydrogen gas making it glow red and darker dust lanes The cluster contains very young, blue, hot supergiant stars about 1.5 million years old. It is located near the nebula’s center and home to several bright stars with a mass almost 50 times that of the Sun, as well as many faint stars far less massive than the Sun.

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