Posted on 11/12/2015 11:49:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: This telescopic close-up shows off the otherwise faint emission nebula IC 410. It also features two remarkable inhabitants of the cosmic pond of gas and dust below and right of center, the tadpoles of IC 410. Partly obscured by foreground dust, the nebula itself surrounds NGC 1893, a young galactic cluster of stars. Formed in the interstellar cloud a mere 4 million years ago, the intensely hot, bright cluster stars energize the glowing gas. Composed of denser cooler gas and dust, the tadpoles are around 10 light-years long and are likely sites of ongoing star formation. Sculpted by winds and radiation from the cluster stars, their heads are outlined by bright ridges of ionized gas while their tails trail away from the cluster's central region. IC 410 lies some 10,000 light-years away, toward the nebula-rich constellation Auriga.
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[Credit and Copyright: Steven Coates]
I suppose some aliens looked our way billions of years ago and saw similar images.
Lucky aliens.
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I like the larger tadpole’s head with its two “eyes,”
most probably stars in the foreground, though.
As usual, I wonder what IC410 looks like right now,
but I don’t have 10,000 years to find out. ;-)
Thank you for the pretty picture, Mr. Civilizations.
You’ve hit another APOD home run out of the galaxy.
If these are tadpoles, imagine how huge the adults are...
Yikes! You’re right as rain, as usual.
;’)
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