Posted on 11/17/2015 10:28:45 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: The Pelican Nebula is slowly being transformed. IC 5070, the official designation, is divided from the larger North America Nebula by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust. The Pelican, however, receives much study because it is a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The featured picture was produced in three specific colors -- light emitted by sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen -- that can help us to better understand these interactions. The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming the cold gas to hot gas, with the advancing boundary between the two, known as an ionization front, visible in bright orange on the right. Particularly dense tentacles of cold gas remain. Millions of years from now this nebula might no longer be known as the Pelican, as the balance and placement of stars and gas will surely leave something that appears completely different.
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[Credit and Copyright: Roberto Colombari]
someone point out the pelican pls. don’t see it
Only 2,000 light years from earth. The distances are crazy. I was reading about the speed of light the other day, it can circle the earth 7 times a second. I mean try even counting to 7 in one second, yet we have stars and galaxies that are billions of light years away. Look at this one, 13.3 billion light years from earth.....
http://www.space.com/18502-farthest-galaxy-discovery-hubble-photos.html
Hi.
I’m like the Pelican nebula. I’m a star to my wife, I’m full of gas, and one day I’ll turn into dust.
5.56mm
Gotta look for the food for a week. Hmm, that’s probably in Pisces...
:’)
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