by APOD Robot » Wed Jan 24, 2018 5:06 am
The Tadpoles of IC 410
Explanation: This telescopic close-up shows off the otherwise faint emission nebula IC 410. It also features two remarkable inhabitants of the cosmic pond of gas and dust below and left of center,
the tadpoles of IC 410. Partly obscured by foreground dust, the nebula itself surrounds
NGC 1893, a young galactic cluster of stars. Formed in the interstellar cloud a mere 4 million years ago, the
intensely hot, bright cluster stars energize the glowing gas. Composed of denser cooler gas and dust, the tadpoles are around 10 light-years long and are likely sites of ongoing
star formation.
Sculpted by winds and radiation from the cluster stars, their heads are outlined by bright ridges of
ionized gas while their tails trail away from the cluster's central region.
IC 410 lies some 10,000
light-years away, toward the
nebula-rich constellation Auriga.
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