Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1805
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Melotte 15, John Bozeman
Melotte 15
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Melotte 15

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Melotte 15

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At this center of the heart nebula, we can find an open cluster of stars, known as Collinder 26 or Melotte 15, which contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of our Sun, and many more dim stars that are only a fraction of our Sun's mass. Also visible are massive cosmic clouds sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from the massive hot stars of the Melotte 15.
Composite image of DSS-II data (60%) and WISE IR data (40%).

2nd Digital Sky Survey data:

Red and Blue plates.

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) IR Data:

Color Mapped:
Red - 22 micron IR
Green - 12 micron IR
Cyan - 4.6 micron IR
Blue - 3.4 micron IR

Processed with Registar, GraXpert, PixInsight and Photoshop 2023.

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Melotte 15, John Bozeman