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Heart Nebula and Melotte 15, Jared Bowens
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Heart Nebula and Melotte 15

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Heart Nebula and Melotte 15

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Melotte 15 and Heart nebula
Here's my image of Melotte 15 and the Heart Nebula. This is 14 hours of intergrations in 3 clear cool crisp nights, Melotte 15 is in the center of the Heart nebula the lumpy cone and pillar shaped objects. Dense knots of gas persist very near the cluster, likely giving rise to the birth of even more stars as the gas slowly collapses under its own gravity.
In the upper right corner you can see a small cluster of stars gathered.

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Heart Nebula and Melotte 15, Jared Bowens