by Ann » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:30 pm
I'm going to quote what I said about this pictrue in the Recent Submissions folder:
Dieter Willasch, I find your Fox Fur and Christmas Tree image incredibly handsome. Totally lovely! The details are great, and the colors are fantastic. Thank you!
As for the Cone Nebula, it belongs to the same "species" as the Horsehead Nebula, although it is not of the equine species! These "pillars" are simply parts of a nebula that are thicker and more resistant to erosion than most other parts of the nebula. The erosion in this case is caused by the ultraviolet blasts from the nearby O-type stars.
But because the pillars are "thick" parts of the nebula, they are also better at making stars. Starstruck, you are right that there is a star at the tip of the Cone Nebula, and there are still more stars forming inside. There is at least one star forming near the top of the Horsehead Nebula, too.
Ann
I'm going to quote what I said about this pictrue in the Recent Submissions folder:
[quote]Dieter Willasch, I find your Fox Fur and Christmas Tree image incredibly handsome. Totally lovely! The details are great, and the colors are fantastic. Thank you!
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As for the Cone Nebula, it belongs to the same "species" as the Horsehead Nebula, although it is not of the equine species! These "pillars" are simply parts of a nebula that are thicker and more resistant to erosion than most other parts of the nebula. The erosion in this case is caused by the ultraviolet blasts from the nearby O-type stars.
But because the pillars are "thick" parts of the nebula, they are also better at making stars. Starstruck, you are right that there is a star at the tip of the Cone Nebula, and there are still more stars forming inside. There is at least one star forming near the top of the Horsehead Nebula, too.
Ann