Image Credit: European Space Agency, NASA, and J. HesterThis Hubble photograph captures a small region within Messier 17 (M17), a hotbed of star formation. M17, also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula, is located about 5500 light-years away in the Sagittarius constellation. The wave-like patterns of gas have been sculpted and illuminated by a torrent of ultraviolet radiation from young, massive stars
How come it doesn't look like that in my backyard 'scope!
ReplyDeleteYou need a bigger telescope.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE these pictures and others like them. They are magnificently mysteriously awesome.
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