Posted on 05/06/2022 2:33:59 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: This cosmic skyscape features glowing gas and dark dust clouds along side the young stars of NGC 3572. A beautiful emission nebula and star cluster it sails far southern skies within the nautical constellation Carina. Stars from NGC 3572 are toward top center in the telescopic frame that would measure about 100 light-years across at the cluster's estimated distance of 9,000 light-years. The visible interstellar gas and dust is part of the star cluster's natal molecular cloud. Dense streamers of material within the nebula, eroded by stellar winds and radiation, clearly trail away from the energetic young stars. They are likely sites of ongoing star formation with shapes reminiscent of the Tadpoles of IC 410 better known to northern skygazers. In the coming tens to hundreds of millions of years, gas and stars in the cluster will be dispersed though, by gravitational tides and by violent supernova explosions that end the short lives of the massive cluster stars.
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Who is riding that over sized flea in the center of the pic?
That’s a bull not a horse.
Well I know, but it’s a horse in the astronomy picture, I was just presenting an example. Slightly different kind of buckle too.
I see dead people. Look at the middle far left.
It’s an emission nebula that looks like a sperm. Please let me be the 1st to say, “Ewe!”
Just not buying into the whole tadpole thing.
I checked out the photographer’s site on Astrobin. He takes some incredible images, and he has a great eye for tweaking his processing software!
https://www.astrobin.com/users/CRT_Astrophotography/
Thanks, that was an interesting space photo site.
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