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Credit & Copyright: Rolf Geissinger
Explanation:
What powers are being wielded in the Wizard Nebula?
Gravitation strong enough to form stars, and
stellar winds
and radiations powerful enough to create and dissolve
towers of gas.
Located only 8,000 light years away, the Wizard nebula,
pictured above, surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380.
Visually, the interplay of stars, gas, and dust has created a shape that appears
to some like a fictional
medieval sorcerer.
The active star forming region
spans 100 about light years, making it appear larger than the angular extent of the
Moon.
The Wizard Nebula can be
can be located with a small telescope toward the constellation
of the King of Aethiopia
(Cepheus)
Although the
nebula may last only
a few million years, some of the stars being formed may outlive our Sun.
Imagine:
What shape(s) do you see in the nebula?
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: nebula - star formation - open cluster
Publications with words: nebula - star formation - open cluster
See also:
- APOD: 2025 December 28 Á NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud
- NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe
- APOD: 2025 October 21 Á IC 1805: The Heart Nebula
- Young Suns of NGC 7129
- APOD: 2025 December 9 Á The Heart of the Soul Nebula
- APOD: 2025 August 7 Á The Double Cluster in Perseus
- APOD: 2025 July 10 Á Lynds Dark Nebula 1251