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Devil's Tower Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh https://www.martinpughastrophotography.space/about https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240614.html
December 12, 2024 at 1:48 PM
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one of the best hubble images ever
The star cluster Pismis 24 lies within the much larger emission nebula called NGC 6357, located about 8,000 light-years from Earth. The cluster is seen here above a small portion of the nebula. The gas below the stars glows through ionization caused by intense ultraviolet radiation from the massive young stars within the cluster. The strong radiation and stellar winds from from these blazing, blue-white stars also pushes the nebular material outward, creating one of many low-density bubbles within NGC 6357. image credit: NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain); acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
December 12, 2024 at 4:46 AM