The gas in the nebula produces its own light at visible wavelengths.
US space agency NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently shared a stunning image of a beautiful nebula located 20,000 light-years away in the constellation Carina. Taking to Instagram, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shared the image which showed a collection of stars that twinkle like a fireworks display.
“This collection of stars that twinkle like a fireworks display was captured by @nasahubble in August and December 2009. The nebula, located 20,000 light-years away in the constellation Carina, has a central cluster of massive, hot stars, and it surrounded by clouds of interstellar gas and dust – the raw material for new star formation. Its relative proximity to Earth makes it an excellent laboratory for studying such distant and important events.”, Space The agency wrote in the caption of the post.
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NASA further explained the star clusters. The caption further reads, “Such star clusters provide important clues to understanding the origins of large-scale star formation in the early, distant universe. Astronomers also use large clusters to study distant starbursts.” that happen when galaxies collide, igniting a flurry of star formation.” ,
The nebula’s gas makes up its light at visible wavelengths, which can be seen in this image as a faint cloud in the middle of the picture and at the bottom right.
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