Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1795  ·  IC 1805  ·  NGC 896
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The Heart Nebula, Andrea Iorio
The Heart Nebula
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The Heart Nebula

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The Heart Nebula

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IC1805, known as the Heart Nebula, has in its center the open cluster Melotte 15, whose brightest stars are blue dwarfs, 24 of which have a mass greater than 10 solar masses, with an age between 1 and 3 million years .
The nebula is essentially composed of SII, Ha and OIII, gases ionized by the stellar winds of the stars present within it.

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The Heart Nebula, Andrea Iorio