Melotte 15 - Image Acquisition by Jim Misti - HA Starless (Jim Matzger)

Melotte 15 - Image Acquisition by Jim Misti - HA Starless

This was woefully in need of a redo. The original raw image acquisition was done by Jim Misti at Misti Mountain Observatory on his 32" RC telescope.

Melotte 15 is in the heart of the Heart Nebula. It is described by NASA as follows:

"Cosmic clouds form fantastic shapes in the central regions of emission nebula IC 1805. The clouds are sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from massive hot stars in the nebula's newborn star cluster, Melotte 15. About 1.5 million years young, the cluster stars are scattered in this colorful skyscape, along with dark dust clouds in silhouette against glowing atomic gas. A composite of narrowband and broadband telescopic images, the view spans about 15 light-years and includes emission from ionized hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen atoms mapped to green, red, and blue hues in the popular Hubble Palette. Wider field images reveal that IC 1805's simpler, overall outline suggests its popular name - The Heart Nebula. IC 1805 is located about 7,500 light years away toward the boastful constellation Cassiopeia."

This image was processed by Jim Matzger from an image set provided to the public by Misty Mountain Observatory. Jim Misti used a 32" Ritchey-Chretien telescope and did these raw image acquisitions in 2005.

This is available as an aluminized print in my Observatory store.

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