Horsehead Nebula : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Horsehead Nebula / Hubble Heritage
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | The Horsehead, also known as Barnard 33, is a cold, dark cloud of gas and dust, silhouetted against the bright nebula, IC 434. The bright area at the top left edge is a young star still embedded in its nursery of gas and dust. But radiation from this hot star is eroding the stellar nursery. The top of the nebula also is being sculpted by radiation from a massive star located out of Hubble's field of view.Only by chance does the nebula roughly resemble the head of a horse. Its unusual shape was first discovered on a photographic plate in the late 1800s. Located in the constellation Orion, the Horsehead is a cousin of the famous pillars of dust and gas known as the Eagle nebula. Both tower-like nebulas are cocoons of young stars.heritage.stsci.edu/2001/12/01-12 |
| 撮影日 | 2002-08-08 09:04:22 |
| 撮影者 | Hubble Heritage |
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