Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
Credit: FORS Team, 8.2-meter VLT Antu, ESO
Posted on 06/23/2009 7:45:53 AM PDT by sig226
Explanation: Where did all the stars go? What used to be considered a hole in the sky is now known to astronomers as a dark molecular cloud. Here, a high concentration of dust and molecular gas absorb practically all the visible light emitted from background stars. The eerily dark surroundings help make the interiors of molecular clouds some of the coldest and most isolated places in the universe. One of the most notable of these dark absorption nebulae is a cloud toward the constellation Ophiuchus known as Barnard 68, pictured above. That no stars are visible in the center indicates that Barnard 68 is relatively nearby, with measurements placing it about 500 light-years away and half a light-year across. It is not known exactly how molecular clouds like Barnard 68 form, but it is known that these clouds are themselves likely places for new stars to form. In fact, Barnard 68 itself has recently been found likely to collapse and form a new star system. It is possible to look right through the cloud in infrared light.
Don’t go in there. You go in there you’ll be trapped like a fly in molasses.
bttt
Its a stimulus cloud?
Proof positive that they exist and are larger than formerly thought.
ROTFLMAO!
The sheeple in that episode of Twilight Zone thought they were going to get everything for free too, didn’t they?
null space..
*Unoccupied Waiting Room Chair
Whoooooo Pretty.
You’ll need a really dark sky to see that with a telescope. (or not see that...however)
The Immunity Syndrome.....don’t have any photos, but, this would be near Antares. That was the star system they were trying to protect in that episode.
Whoooooo Pretty.
You’ll need a really dark sky to see that with a telescope. (or not see that...however)
The Immunity Syndrome.....don’t have any photos, but, this would be near Antares. That was the star system they were trying to protect in that episode.
It’s a cookbook!
Whew! LAD, not SBD.
Nice work.
ROFL!
This one today is beautiful, looks somewhat like a heart on it's side. 'I see things - where no woman has gone before...'!!
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