Posts Tagged ‘star cluster’
Dragon Jewels
26 February 2010
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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.
Ornaments
16 December 2009
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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.
Into the Jaws
22 October 2009
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Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
Giant teeth seem to be closing in on the newly formed, blue stars in this image of N90. The star cluster NGC 602 lies at the heart of N90. Intense radiation from the new stars is eroding a cavity in this star-making cloud of gas and dust.
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