miércoles, 28 de agosto de 2019

Sixteen Images for Spitzer's Sweet 16 | NASA

Sixteen Images for Spitzer's Sweet 16 | NASA

A Space Spider Watches Over Young Stars


Spitzer image
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/2MASS
Located about 10,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Auriga, the Spider nebula resides in the outer part of the Milky Way. Combining data from Spitzer and the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), the image shows green clouds of dust illuminated by star formation in the region. Right of center, against the black background of space, lies a bright group of stars called Stock 8. The radiation from this cluster carves out a bowl in the nearby dust clouds. Running in a tributary to the left of Stock 8 are more young stars that appear as red point sources.




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