Posted on 11/23/2014 10:51:40 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Dusty emission in the Tadpole nebula, IC 410, lies about 12,000 light-years away in the northern constellation Auriga. The cloud of glowing gas is over 100 light-years across, sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from embedded open star cluster NGC 1893. Formed in the interstellar cloud a mere 4 million years ago, bright cluster stars are seen all around the star-forming nebula. Notable near the image center are two relatively dense streamers of material trailing away from the nebula's central regions. Potentially sites of ongoing star formation in IC 410, these cosmic tadpole shapes are about 10 light-years long. The featured image was taken in infrared light by NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite.
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[Credit: WISE, IRSA, NASA; Processing & Copyright: Francesco Antonucci]
I think we should have an extra tax to pay for that gas which obviously is causing interstellar warming, or “space change”.
It’s awesome that God created such a thing. I’m sure the Muslims discovered it by looking through Uranus....
There... I got all of the lame space related jokes and troll remarks out of the way for this thread. Now there can be serious discussion!
(PM me if I left out any, and I’ll include them next time)
:’) Well, I need to mention that the larger version of this one will make satisfactorily spectacular wallpaper for pretty much anyone.
I didn’t think of those. I’ll include them on the next space related thread.
Why is it when people see threads regarding space, they can only think of lame jokes? I’m SURE they have a good sense of humor, but why do they choose space related threads to mess it up?
That is stunning - just beautiful.
Optical artifacts from bright stars just outside of the field of view.
Was thinking maybe two accretion disks of some sort or two super novas.
Now the "Got to be aliens" guy on TV would say two wormholes, LOL!
Those are stars that are smoking and blowing a gas ring.
Fruit Loops of course, although one would expect to find those in the Toucan Nebula, not the Crab.
Getting old, took me a while to remember “Toucan Sam” and Fruit Loops, LOL!
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