The Heart of the heart nebula - Melotte 15
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Situated 7500 light years away in the ‘W’-shaped constellation of Cassiopeia, the Heart Nebula is a vast region of glowing gas, energized by a cluster of young stars at its centre. The image depicts the central region, where dust clouds are being eroded and moulded into rugged shapes by the searing cosmic radiation. It is in the middle of a much bigger nebula (IC1805) which is often called the heart nebula.
This is a reprocess of some old data that I was never happy with..... but now it's looking better!! This is all 30 minute individual exposures and it totals 13 hours of data in total.
Melotte 15 in IC1805 'The Middle of the Heart nebula' by Sara Wager, on Flickr
You can see where this image is located in the larger nebula if you take a look here
Wow Wow and Wow. Amazing work.
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Simply stunning, thank you for sharing Sara.
