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| IC 1805: Light From the Heart | | | | |
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Emission nebula IC 1805 is a mix of interstellar gas and dark dust clouds about 7500 light years away in the Perseus spiral arm. This region's nickname is the Heart Nebula, and derives its name from its heart shape. The clouds are shaped by stellar winds and radiation from massive hot stars in the star cluster Melotte 15. This image maps the light of narrow emission lines from the atoms in the nebula. The heart shape is really cool looking and pretty coincidental that this apod was put out on Valentine's Day.
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