Open cluster Melotte 15

by: K.A. Lecky Hepburn/Novapix
Reference: a-nec18-05013
Date: 2015-03-17

Melotte 15 is an extremely young cluster of massive OB stars with a mean age of only 1.5 million years. The cluster is positioned some 50 light years in front of the nebula it illuminates.

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