Sharpless 171 (APOD 18 Oct 2008)

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buzdavis
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Sharpless 171 (APOD 18 Oct 2008)

Post by buzdavis » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:19 pm

This is a pretty image, but not the number of triplets (like Orion's belt). Is this usual ?
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Re: Sharpless 171

Post by neufer » Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:28 pm

buzdavis wrote:This is a pretty image, but not the number of triplets (like Orion's belt). Is this usual ?
Sharpless 171 star births were all natural and didn't involve any fertility drugs.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081018.html
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