"A Look to the Heavens" -- Horsehead Nebula
Jun 25, 2017 13:55:23 #
"A Look to the Heavens"
“While drifting through the cosmos, a magnificent interstellar dust cloud became sculpted by stellar winds and radiation to assume a recognizable shape. Fittingly named the Horsehead Nebula, it is embedded in the vast and complex Orion Nebula (M42). A potentially rewarding but difficult object to view personally with a small telescope, the below gorgeously detailed image was recently taken in infrared light by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope in honor of the 23rd anniversary of Hubble's launch.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KjWvrF3ICVg/UXXopg1_eiI/AAAAAAABJcI/5cDIpDdHsSw/s1600/horseheadir_hubble_1225.png
The dark molecular cloud, roughly 1,500 light years distant, is cataloged as Barnard 33 and is seen above primarily because it is backlit by the nearby massive star Sigma Orionis. The Horsehead Nebula will slowly shift its apparent shape over the next few million years and will eventually be destroyed by the high energy starlight.”
- http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130422.html
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Where the Stars and Moon Play”
2002, “Where the Stars and Moon Play”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnEHIlFfDj8
“While drifting through the cosmos, a magnificent interstellar dust cloud became sculpted by stellar winds and radiation to assume a recognizable shape. Fittingly named the Horsehead Nebula, it is embedded in the vast and complex Orion Nebula (M42). A potentially rewarding but difficult object to view personally with a small telescope, the below gorgeously detailed image was recently taken in infrared light by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope in honor of the 23rd anniversary of Hubble's launch.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KjWvrF3ICVg/UXXopg1_eiI/AAAAAAABJcI/5cDIpDdHsSw/s1600/horseheadir_hubble_1225.png
The dark molecular cloud, roughly 1,500 light years distant, is cataloged as Barnard 33 and is seen above primarily because it is backlit by the nearby massive star Sigma Orionis. The Horsehead Nebula will slowly shift its apparent shape over the next few million years and will eventually be destroyed by the high energy starlight.”
- http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130422.html
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Where the Stars and Moon Play”
2002, “Where the Stars and Moon Play”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnEHIlFfDj8
Jun 26, 2017 21:41:33 #
pafret wrote:
"A Look to the Heavens" br “While drifti... (show quote)
Amazingly beautiful.
God is an artist.
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