Posted on 02/16/2016 2:30:53 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Massive star IRS 4 is beginning to spread its wings. Born only about 100,000 years ago, material streaming out from this newborn star has formed the nebula dubbed Sharpless 2-106 Nebula (S106), featured here. A large disk of dust and gas orbiting Infrared Source 4 (IRS 4), visible in brown near the image center, gives the nebula an hourglass or butterfly shape. S106 gas near IRS 4 acts as an emission nebula as it emits light after being ionized, while dust far from IRS 4 reflects light from the central star and so acts as a reflection nebula. Detailed inspection of a recent infrared image of S106 reveal hundreds of low-mass brown dwarf stars lurking in the nebula's gas. S106 spans about 2 light-years and lies about 2000 light-years away toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus).
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[Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive; Processed & Copyright: Brandon Pimenta]
I know some kids who’d look at that and say, “ooohhh...! Pretty angel!”
Beautiful!
Reminds me of a bikini top.
Can’t win ‘em all.
Looks like a headless angel to me.
As you so brilliantly observed, it’s a bit of a letdown.
Thank you for the post and ping anyway, Mr. Civilizations.
;-)
:’)
I did and I’m 61!.............................
I see the angel as well as the bikini top, though I’d call it a bra, but I also see in the middle dark section the creature from the movie Alien
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