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Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Tadpole Nebula in Gas and Dust
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 19 Dec, 2022
| Image Credit & Copyright: Craig Stocks (Utah Desert Remote Observatories)
Posted on 12/19/2022 12:15:56 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: What's causing the commotion in the Tadpole Nebula? Star formation. Dusty emission in the Tadpole Nebula, IC 410, lies about 12,000 light-years away in the northern constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga). The cloud of glowing gas is over 100 light-years across, sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from embedded open star cluster NGC 1893. Formed in the interstellar cloud a mere 4 million years ago, bright newly formed cluster stars are seen all around the star-forming nebula. Notable on the lower-right of the featured image are two relatively dense streamers of material trailing away from the nebula's central regions. Potentially sites of ongoing star formation in IC 410, these cosmic tadpole shapes are about 10 light-years long. The image was processed highlighting the emission from sulfur (red), hydrogen (green), and oxygen (blue) gas -- but with the stars digitally removed.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: bitethegassytadpole; nasa; tadpolenebula
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For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.
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12/19/2022 12:16:31 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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12/19/2022 12:17:17 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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Just what we need: Gassy Tadpoles...............
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posted on
12/19/2022 12:26:09 PM PST
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Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Just what we need: Gassy Tadpoles............... Just add these to the cows causing GlowBull Warming.
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12/19/2022 12:29:04 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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To: Red Badger
Is that better or worse than wax tadpoles?
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12/19/2022 2:07:54 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
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