Saturday, April 2, 2022

Melotte 15, Again. Originally Posted December 6, 2021

 Melotte 15 is an open cluster of stars at the center of the Heart Nebula. The bright stars are about 50 times the mass of the sun; the dim stars are a fraction of its size.






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16 hour integration of the Heart Nebula with the Dwarf 3 telescope

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