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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 2170
Explanation:
When stars form, pandemonium reigns. A textbook [ http://zebu.uoregon…] case is the star forming region NGC 2170 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Visible above [ http://www.rc-astro…] are red glowing emission nebulas [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of hydrogen [ http://periodic.lan…], blue reflection nebulas [ http://en.wikipedia…] of dust [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], dark absorption nebulas [ http://www.glyphweb…] of dust, and the stars that formed from them. The first massive stars formed from the dense gas will emit energetic light [ http://imagers.gsfc…] and winds [ http://www.peripatu…] that erode, fragment, and sculpt [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] their birthplace. And then they explode [ http://heasarc.gsfc…]. The resulting morass [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is often as beautiful as it is complex. After tens of millions of years, the dust boils away, the gas gets swept away, and all that is left is a naked open cluster [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of stars.
Credit and Copyright:
//www.rc-astro.com/c opyright.html">Copyr ight: Russell Croman [ http://www.rc-astro…] (Russell Croman Astrophotography)
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_what:
nebula
facet_what:
New General Catalogue (NGC)
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap070228

Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 2170
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