Well! Isn't this pretty! It's the Melotte 15 in the Heart, of course. Actually, Melotte 15 is a newborn star cluster, clocking in at 1.5 million years young. This photo depicts a very attractive skyscape composed of dust clouds and stellar winds combined with the radiation from the newborn stars. Hues of red, green, and blue correspond with the emissions of sulfer, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. The Hubble Palette refers to the method of color enhancement that better reveals the detail of an image. Cool!
And so timely!
ReplyDeleteI keed. It is cool!