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BECAUSE SPACE IS DEEP AND INCREDIBLY SPARKLY BEYOND ALL WORDS.
PIC INFO: Spotlight on an image of globular cluster NGC 6397 in the constellation Ara (the Altar). The cluster is home to a highly unusual system consisting of a fast spinning pulsar and a bloated red companion star. 🔭+📸: NASA, ESA and H. Richer (University of British Columbia).
ABOUT THE IMAGE (NASA press release):
Id: heic0608b
Type: Observation
Release date: 17 August 2006, 20:00
Related releases: heic0608
Size: 3750 x 5066 px
ABOUT THE OBJECT:
Name: NGC 6397
Type: Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular
Distance: 9000 light years
Constellation: Ara
Category: Star Clusters
Source: www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0608b.
Shaping NGC 6188
Dark shapes with bright edges winging their way through dusty NGC 6188 are tens of light-years long. The emission nebula is found near the edge of an otherwise dark large molecular cloud in the southern constellation Ara, about 4,000 light-years away. Formed in that region only a few million years ago, the massive young stars of the embedded Ara OB1 association sculpt the fantastic shapes and power the nebular glow with stellar winds and intense ultraviolet radiation. The recent star formation itself was likely triggered by winds and supernova explosions, from previous generations of massive stars, that swept up and compressed the molecular gas. A false-color Hubble palette was used to create this sharp close-up image and shows emission from sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms in red, green, and blue hues. At the estimated distance of NGC 6188, the picture spans about 200 light-years.
Credit & Copyright: Piotrek Sadowski
Shaping NGC 6188 Credit & Copyright: Piotrek Sadowski
Explanation: Dark shapes with bright edges winging their way through dusty NGC 6188 are tens of light-years long. The emission nebula is found near the edge of an otherwise dark large molecular cloud in the southern constellation Ara, about 4,000 light-years away. Formed in that region only a few million years ago, the massive young stars of the embedded Ara OB1 association sculpt the fantastic shapes and power the nebular glow with stellar winds and intense ultraviolet radiation. The recent star formation itself was likely triggered by winds and supernova explosions, from previous generations of massive stars, that swept up and compressed the molecular gas. A false-color Hubble palette was used to create this sharp close-up image and shows emission from sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms in red, green, and blue hues. At the estimated distance of NGC 6188, the picture spans about 200 light-years.
