Melotte 15
E523599
Melotte 15 is a young, massive open star cluster embedded within the Heart Nebula, whose hot, luminous stars sculpt the surrounding interstellar gas and dust.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
open star cluster
ⓘ
young star cluster ⓘ |
| affects |
surrounding interstellar dust
ⓘ
surrounding interstellar gas ⓘ |
| bestSeenFrom | Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
B-type stars
ⓘ
O-type stars ⓘ |
| contributesTo | overall luminosity of Heart Nebula ⓘ |
| creates |
ionization fronts in Heart Nebula
ⓘ
pillars of gas and dust ⓘ |
| declination | +61° (approximate) ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Philippe Melotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 2,300 parsecs
ⓘ
about 7,500 light-years ⓘ |
| embeddedIn |
interstellar dust
ⓘ
interstellar gas ⓘ |
| hasApproximateAge | a few million years ⓘ |
| hasApproximateAngularSize | a few arcminutes ⓘ |
| hasAstrophysicalImportance |
example of feedback from massive stars
ⓘ
laboratory for massive star formation ⓘ |
| hasCatalogDesignation | Melotte 15 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | H II region ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
bright central cluster in Heart Nebula
ⓘ
complex dark dust lanes nearby ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalProcess |
photoionization of surrounding gas
ⓘ
stellar winds ⓘ |
| hasStarPopulation |
hot stars
ⓘ
luminous stars ⓘ massive stars ⓘ |
| ionizes | surrounding hydrogen gas ⓘ |
| isSiteOf | ongoing star formation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Heart Nebula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IC 1805 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Cassiopeia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInGalacticRegion | Perseus Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInGalaxy | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Melotte catalog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| partOf | Heart Nebula star-forming region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 02h 32m (approximate) ⓘ |
| sculpts |
Heart Nebula dust structures
ⓘ
Heart Nebula gas structures ⓘ |
| visibleIn | amateur telescopes under dark skies ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
IC 1805