This is the Heart Nebula! Happy Valentine’s Day! To celebrate this occasion, here is the beaut

This is the Heart Nebula!

Happy Valentine’s Day! To celebrate this occasion, here is the beautiful Heart Nebula, an emission nebula with dark dust lanes and glowing red hydrogen gas. The heart shape of the nebula is driven by stellar winds from the hot stars inside, some of which have masses up to 50 times the Sun!

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on February 7th, 2022 at 21:13 UTC.