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Nebular “A”
Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. MaÃz Apellániz (Instituto de AstrofÃsica de AndalucÃa, Spain)
Starting out our starry alphabet is the nebula near Pismis 24. Harsh winds from hot, new stars have hollowed out an “A” in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Ornaments
Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. MaÃz Apellániz (Instituto de AstrofÃsica de AndalucÃa, Spain)
Like a hollowed out ornament, NGC 6357 glows red in the constellation Scorpius. Or, maybe, what I see in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image is a Christmas tree reaching for the stars of the open star cluster Pismis 24.
Reaching Fingers
Credit: NASA, ESA, R. O’Connell (University of Virginia), F. Paresce (National Institute for Astrophysics, Bologna, Italy), E. Young (Universities Space Research Association/Ames Research Center), the WFC3 Science Oversight Committee, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Ghostly fingers of gas and dust reach up to grab a glittering, young stars of NGC 3603 in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Reaching for a star
ESA/Hubble and NASA
Billowing out among the young stars in this cluster, a cicada-shaped dust cloud reaches for a nearby-star in this image of IRAS 05437+2502 from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Dragon Jewels
Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
A dragon swoops in to protect its jewels in this image of NGC 3603. Thousands of sparkling new stars form one of the most massive star clusters in the Milky Way Galaxy.
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