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Melotte 15: the Heart's Heart, mhtandy
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Melotte 15: the Heart's Heart

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Melotte 15: the Heart's Heart

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Melotte 15 is the open star cluster at the center of the Heart Nebula (IC 1805). The stars in this cluster power the emissions seen throughout the nebula.

I was expecting a bit more detail, but the quality of my individual subs wasn't great. This might have been due to the bright moon, or its low elevation in the sky.

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Description: Reprocessed from scratch and used Bill Blanshan's Pixelmath icon set for a false-Hubble palette look (HOO).

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Melotte 15: the Heart's Heart, mhtandy