November 9th Melotte 15 In The Heart
This image shows a nebula called IC 1805 and is located in the star cluster also known as Melotte 15. The cluster is relatively young at only 1.5 million years of age. The Melotte Catalog of Star Clusters was created by Philibert Jacques Melotte in 1915. He took a previously created photographic atlas of the sky produced by John Franklin-Adams and documented where the clusters were located in the catalog. The catalog by Melotte includes open and globular clusters which can be seen through most astronomical equipment.
This image features a colorful sky with dark clouds made up of interstellar dust. This picture is of about 30 light-years of the sky and different elements are highlighted in different colors. Green represents Hydrogen, red sulfur, and oxygen blue. If observed with a wider field of view, this nebula appears to be heart shaped, hence its name.
This nebula is located 7,500 light-years away in the direction of Cassiopeia. This picture caught my eye because it is similar to the image on the cover of our Astronomy textbooks.
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