Posted on 09/03/2021 3:21:26 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: These cosmic clouds have blossomed 1,300 light-years away, in the fertile starfields of the constellation Cepheus. Called the Iris Nebula, NGC 7023 is not the only nebula to evoke the imagery of flowers. Still, this deep telescopic image shows off the Iris Nebula's range of colors and symmetries, embedded in surrounding fields of interstellar dust. Within the Iris itself, dusty nebular material surrounds a hot, young star. The dominant color of the brighter reflection nebula is blue, characteristic of dust grains reflecting starlight. Central filaments of the reflection nebula glow with a faint reddish photoluminesence as some dust grains effectively convert the star's invisible ultraviolet radiation to visible red light. Infrared observations indicate that this nebula contains complex carbon molecules known as PAHs. The dusty blue petals of the Iris Nebula span about six light-years.
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Space is infinite.
It is dark.
Space is neutral.
It is cold.
Stars occupy minute areas of space.
They are clustered a few billion here.
A few billion there.
As if seeking consolation in numbers.
Space does not care.
Space does not threaten.
Space does not comfort.
It does not sleep; it does not wake;
it does not dream; it does not hope;
it does not fear; it does not love; it does not hate;
it does not encourage any of these qualities.
Space cannot be measured.
It cannot be angered, it cannot be placated.
It cannot be summed up.
Space is there.
Space is not large and it is not small.
It does not live and it does not die.
It does not offer truth and neither does it lie.
Space is a remorseless, senseless, impersonal fact.
Space is the absence of time and of matter.
Space Is Deep.
Space has no time for matter....................
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