All creation nestled within a nebula
On many winter nights in northern New Mexico, I would stand over the eyepiece of the telescope, double-bundled in clothes but hands bare to adjust the dials, and I'd stare into the Trapezium and marvel at the sight of a stellar nursery that was light years in width.
"The Orion Nebula is a picture book of star formation, from the massive, young stars that are shaping the nebula to the pillars of dense gas that may be the homes of budding stars. More than 3,000 stars of various sizes appear in this image.
"The bright central region in this photo is the home of the four heftiest stars in the nebula. The stars are collectively called the Trapezium because they are arranged in a trapezoid pattern. Ultraviolet light unleashed by these stars is carving a cavity in the nebula and disrupting the growth of hundreds of smaller stars.
"Located near the Trapezium are stars still young enough to have disks of material encircling them. These disks are called protoplanetary disks, or 'proplyds,' and they are too small to see clearly in this image. These disks are the building blocks of solar systems."
"The Orion Nebula is a picture book of star formation, from the massive, young stars that are shaping the nebula to the pillars of dense gas that may be the homes of budding stars. More than 3,000 stars of various sizes appear in this image.
"The bright central region in this photo is the home of the four heftiest stars in the nebula. The stars are collectively called the Trapezium because they are arranged in a trapezoid pattern. Ultraviolet light unleashed by these stars is carving a cavity in the nebula and disrupting the growth of hundreds of smaller stars.
"Located near the Trapezium are stars still young enough to have disks of material encircling them. These disks are called protoplanetary disks, or 'proplyds,' and they are too small to see clearly in this image. These disks are the building blocks of solar systems."
All creation nestled within a nebula
mr damon, 16:02
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can you upload a picture, of what your eye can see, while you look at the stary night?
need i to say, that the nabula photo -is dreamy and amazing
Here is a photo of Orion from northern New Mexico on 10.10.99.
This photo is a 10-min.? exposure from the same location (Cerrillos NM), with the camera pointed to the SE and showing the center bulge of the Milky Way. You wouldn't see such 3D texture or variated light and shadow with your eyes (and certainly not in color). This is only reproducible with film or CCD (video) capture... and there are some rough photos of that kind at
Still, it can be a very rich experience. Jump ahead to , and look at the photos from Birr Ogda.
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