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Photographer:

Sean Liang

Location of Photo:

IC ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY, SPAIN (Remote astronomy via Telescope Live)

Date/Time of photo:

Dec 2021 – Jan 2022

Equipment:

Officina Stellare ProRC 700; FLI ProLine PL16803

Description:

The image shows the heart of the Heart Nebula (Melotte 15), a breathtakingly beautiful cluster of young, hot stars and dark dust clouds. The stars within this cluster are incredibly young, with some estimated to be only a few hundred thousand years old. Yet already they shine with a brilliance that puts our own sun to shame.

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