标签: 小精灵星云

小精灵星云的恒星形成活动

2023年8月28日 Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Craig Stocks Explanation: Look through the cosmic cloud cataloged as NGC 281 and you might miss the stars of open cluster IC 1590. Formed within the nebula, that cluster’s young, massive stars ultimately power the pervasive nebular glow. The eye-catching shapes looming in the...

小精灵星云的尘埃云

2022年8月10日 Dust Clouds of the Pacman Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Douglas J. Struble (Future World Media) Explanation: Stars can create huge and intricate dust sculptures from the dense and dark molecular clouds from which they are born. The tools the stars use to carve their detailed works are high energy light and fast stellar winds. The heat they...