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Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula
* Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Montilla (AAE)
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Explanation:
You'd think the Pacman Nebula would be eating stars, but actually it is forming them. Within the nebula, a cluster's young, massive stars are powering the pervasive nebular glow. The eye-catching shapes looming in the featured portrait of NGC 281 are sculpted dusty columns and dense Bok globules seen in silhouette, eroded by intense, energetic winds and radiation from the hot cluster stars. If they survive long enough, the dusty structures could also be sites of future star formation. Playfully called the Pacman Nebula because of its overall shape, NGC 281 is about 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. This sharp composite image was made through narrow-band filters in Spain in mid 2024. It combines emissions from the nebula
's hydrogen and oxygen atoms to synthesize red, green, and blue colors. The scene spans well over 80 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 281.
chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_281
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bok_glob
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220925.ht
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071102.ht
hawastsoc.org/deepsky/cas/
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2025 March 26 A starfield dominated by a large nebula is pictured. The center is blue and the perimeter is red. Many dark dust pillars are visible. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula * Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Montilla (AAE) Explanation: You'd think the Pacman Nebula would be eating stars, but actually it is forming them. Within the nebula, a cluster's young, massive stars are powering the pervasive nebular glow. The eye-catching shapes looming in the featured portrait of NGC 281 are sculpted dusty columns and dense Bok globules seen in silhouette, eroded by intense, energetic winds and radiation from the hot cluster stars. If they survive long enough, the dusty structures could also be sites of future star formation. Playfully called the Pacman Nebula because of its overall shape, NGC 281 is about 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. This sharp composite image was made through narrow-band filters in Spain in mid 2024. It combines emissions from the nebula's hydrogen and oxygen atoms to synthesize red, green, and blue colors. The scene spans well over 80 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 281. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn Specific rights apply. NASA Web Privacy, Accessibility, Notices; A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U.
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Ntos Fops

some more photos from the lunar eclipse two weeks ago. second is admittedly a composite/edited in the moon, but my aim for photos is to replicate what it look(ed) like to my eyes, since they serve as a memory

by far the biggest limitation to my photo-taking ability is that i don't have a star-tracking mount yet LOL (please share any recommendations!) so i just have to use shorter exposures and frame wide enough that there's enough interesting stuff in there start to finish

1: 60s stack, f/2.8, iso 1600
2: 18s stack, f/1.8, iso 3200

photo into a patch of the night sky, with tons of little stars as dots sprinkled around the image
composited/edited photo of the night sky during the lunar eclipse two weeks ago; amongst all the little dots of light that are the stars, is the vibrantly orange moon with a white-shaded top, located just bottom-left of center
#Astronomy#astrophotography#eclipse
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UniversoMagico

#UMPlus - Full View of NGC 7793

universomagico.net/2025/03/vis

NGC 7793 is a spiral galaxy located in the Sculptor constellation and lies at a distance of about 13 million light-years from the Milky Way. It is one of the brightest galaxies in the Sculptor Group, one of the closest galaxy groups to our Local Group. The image shows the spiral arms and a small.....
#astronomy #space #astrophysics #astrophotography

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Universo Mágico

#UMPlus - Full View of NGC 7793

universomagico.net/2025/03/vis

NGC 7793 is a spiral galaxy located in the Sculptor constellation and lies at a distance of about 13 million light-years from the Milky Way. It is one of the brightest galaxies in the Sculptor Group, one of the closest galaxy groups to our Local Group. The image shows the spiral arms and a small.....
#astronomy #space #astrophysics #astrophotography

Full View of NGC 7793
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