Melotte 15 in the Heart nebula

[broca (Steve Coates)]

Melotte 15, a star cluster in the center of the Heart nebula.
Imaged from Ocala, Florida
RGB: 1 hour Red, 1 hour Green and 1 hour 6 min Blue (binned 1x1)
Ha: 2 hour 15 min (binned 1x1)
PS CS5
Orion 80mm EON (FL 480mm)
Orion 50mm guide scope with SSAG
QSI 683 ws
Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II
Astrodon Tru-balance E-Series Generation II LRGB filters
Baader 7 nm Ha filter

[stevous67 (Steve M)]

I dont know of this object. That is a chaotic looking environment there Steve, nice capture.

It looks more a narrow FOV than a wide one - did you crop?

Well done.

Steve

[multiweb (Marc)]

Beautiful picture. One we can't see from here. Your website is also very busy. Great gallery.

[broca (Steve Coates)]

Thanks Steve and Marc. This was a reprocess of data from last year that I cropped to present this area of the Heart nebula in Cassiopeia. Thanks for looking!

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice image, Steve. It looks like it was taken at much longer focal length as the other Steve suggested.

[sjastro]

Unfamiliar territory for me Steve.
Great image.

Regards

Steven

[White Rabbit]

Really lovely work, I had a bit of rummage through your web site, you have some really great images on there. Nice work.

Cheers
Sandy

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Steve.

Amazing detail!

A new object for me.

Ross.