A faint, dusty rose of the northern sky, emission nebula IC 410 lies about 12,000 light-years away in the constellation Auriga [
http://hawastsoc.or…]. The cloud of glowing hydrogen gas is over 100 light-years across, sculpted [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] by stellar winds [
http://www.peripatu…] and radiation from embedded open star cluster NGC 1893. Formed in [
http://abyss.uorego…] the interstellar cloud a mere [
http://www.arxiv.or…] 4 million years ago, bright cluster stars are seen just below the prominent dark dust [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] cloud near picture center. Notable near the 7 o'clock position in this wide, detailed view are two relatively dense streamers of material trailing away from the nebula's central regions. Potentially sites of ongoing star formation, these cosmic tadpole [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] shapes are about 10 light-years long.
Explanation
A faint, dusty rose of the northern sky, emission nebula IC 410 lies about 12,000 light-years away in the constellation Auriga [
http://hawastsoc.or…]. The cloud of glowing hydrogen gas is over 100 light-years across, sculpted [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] by stellar winds [
http://www.peripatu…] and radiation from embedded open star cluster NGC 1893. Formed in [
http://abyss.uorego…] the interstellar cloud a mere [
http://www.arxiv.or…] 4 million years ago, bright cluster stars are seen just below the prominent dark dust [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] cloud near picture center. Notable near the 7 o'clock position in this wide, detailed view are two relatively dense streamers of material trailing away from the nebula's central regions. Potentially sites of ongoing star formation, these cosmic tadpole [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] shapes are about 10 light-years long.
Explanation
