Melotte 15 Nebula, Heart of the Heart Nebula
| Description |
Melotte 15 is a star cluster located in the center of the Heart Nebula (\(IC1805\)), about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. The cluster contains young, massive, hot stars whose intense radiation and stellar winds sculpt the surrounding gas and dust into intricate shapes and drive ongoing star formation in the nebula. |
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| Data/Processing Attribution |
This is my data and processing. |
| Distances/Size |
Distance to the object: 7,500 light-years. |
| Equipment |
Mount-PlaneWave L-350; Scope-PlaneWave CDK14″, 356 mm aperture, 2563 mm focal length; Camera-Moravian C3-61000, 0.30 arcsec/pixel. |
| Observatory |
The image was captured at the Prairie Skies Astro remote observatory. |
| Exposure |
The total exposure using SHO and RGB filters is 45 hours, 54 minutes, and 20 seconds, with each SHO sub-exposure lasting 600 seconds and RGB lasting 90 seconds. SH0 Filters H- 71X600= 11 hours 50 minutes 0- 71X600= 11 hours 50 minutes S- 72X600= 12 hours 0 minutes RGB Filters R- 143X90= 3 hours 34 minutes 30 seconds G-138X90= 3 hours 27 minutes 0 seconds B-130X89= 3 hours 12 minutes 50 seconds Total- 45 hours 54 minutes 20 seconds Processing is done in PixInsight, Photoshop, and Lightroom Classic |