Posted on 04/22/2023 12:08:28 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: In visible light NGC 1333 is seen as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by interstellar dust. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseus, it lies at the edge of a large, star-forming molecular cloud. This Hubble Space Telescope close-up frames a region just over 1 light-year wide at the estimated distance of NGC 1333. It shows details of the dusty region along with telltale hints of contrasty red emission from Herbig-Haro objects, jets and shocked glowing gas emanating from recently formed stars. In fact, NGC 1333 contains hundreds of stars less than a million years old, most still hidden from optical telescopes by the pervasive stardust. The chaotic environment may be similar to one in which our own Sun formed over 4.5 billion years ago. Hubble's stunning image of the stellar nursery was released to celebrate the 33rd anniversary of the space telescope's launch.
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Nice
Wow 😯.
I worked at Keck observatory for almost ten years and
this shit is all ancient history.
A mere 1,000 light-years is 1023.
The universe is dynamic.
it isn’t like that any more,
today, it is what it was, not what it is!
Most people don’t comprehend the vastness.
I used to have conversations with fellow workers
Perhaps curing cancer would be money better spent than observing something 13 billion years ago, that no longer exists?
Perhaps curing cancer would be money better spent than observing something 13 billion years ago, that no longer exists.
Just curious, you worked there for ten years. I’m trying to understand why you feel that way after working with such state of the art equipment and in such an exclusive locale.
I would think it would be a dream job.
I’rm not an atheist and I’m a NRA life member.
Working with stark raving Democrat atheists, is
draining.
Great job not too many people get to do.
Would I do it again, yes.
“State of the art” is not correct
For most my working life all of it was all on prototype or experimental stuff.
Sounds like you had a cool job. I envy you (in a good way) your Keck experiences. Working with libs IS exhausting, I’ve worked with a few, tried to avoid them as much as possible.
Succeeded most of the time, except when they would come by to harass me…..
After binging this, it says "Supernovae are important because they help create new elements and distribute them throughout the universe."
Why is it so important to have more new elements?
https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/aurora-forecast-northern-hemisphere.jpg
Some pictures taken this evening in Germany:
https://spaceweather.com/
Man, I wished that aurora would reach Nor Cal. What a sight!
Nice!
I can’t see it for all that dust!.......................
He worked there because he got a 'Keck' out of it!.................😜
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