Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1805  ·  LBN 654  ·  LDN 1368  ·  LDN 1369  ·  Sh2-190
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Melotte 15

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One of my favorite deep sky objects, Melotte 15, with its grand nebulous spire at the core of the Heart Nebula in Cassiopeia is a relatively newborn star cluster and emission nebula at only about 1.5 million years young. The nebulous clouds are sculpted by the stellar winds and radiation from massive hot stars - a few nearly 50 times the mass of our sun. Melotte 15 is located about 7500 light years from Earth. (NASA APOD)

Captured: Oct 23-24, Oct 30 and Nov 2, 2020

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