Melotte 15

Distance: 7500 LY
The brightest stars have over 50 times the mass of the sun.

re-edit & crop of earlier picture of the heart nebula which made APOD.

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    space the final frontier added this photo to their favorites. (4 months ago)

  2. astrometry.net (4 months ago | reply)

    Hello, this is the blind astrometry solver. Your results are:
    (RA, Dec) center:(38.709204545, 61.3458754569) degrees
    (RA, Dec) center (H:M:S, D:M:S):(02:34:50.209, +61:20:45.152)
    Orientation:177.88 deg E of N

    Pixel scale:2.47 arcsec/pixel

    Parity:Reverse ("Left-handed")
    Field size :55.37 x 37.15 arcminutes
    Your field contains:
    IC 1805

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    KellerZsolti added this photo to his favorites. (4 months ago)

  4. Astrocatou (4 months ago | reply)

    +1

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    s58y and echoroo added this photo to their favorites.

  6. This photo was invited and added to the DIMEX Digital IMage Exchange group.

  7. Space Ritual (3 months ago | reply)

    Thank You for Posting at DIMEX

    Well done. Excellent Image!
    AVP Manhattan Beach 6454r-DIMEXFlickr
    Seen in DIMEX group.

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    Grace Haza and J.J. Mantero added this photo to their favorites.

  9. J.J. Mantero (3 months ago | reply)

    Vista en:
    Seen in:
    Astrofotografos del Mundo/ World´s Astrophotographers

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    DvYang added this photo to his favorites. (2 days ago)

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