Friday, November 11, 2011

APOD 2.2

This is a picture of the wizard nebula, whose formal name is NGC 7380. There is gravitation strong enough to create stars and stellar winds that create towers of gas. It is nicknamed the wizard nebula because the 8000 light year away nebula looks like the description of a medieval sorcerer. It is about 100 light years across and the stars being formed may outlive our sun.

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