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.
It's striking & surprising how in 1969, in the movie: 2001 a Space Odissey
in the well known final slitscan scene, Kubrick reproduced this scene in *real time* at the end of he's wonderful movie!!!
have a look at the two attached images... astonishing!!!
<<In Ancient Egyptian numerals, a hieroglyphic representing
a tadpole was used to denote the value of 100,000.>>
Re: APOD: The Tadpoles of IC 410 (2018 Jan 24)
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 5:37 pm
by Visual_Astronomer
I was looking at this just last week - didn't try to see the "tadpoles", but I find IC 410 is much easier to see than its more famous neighbor "The Flaming Star".
Re: APOD: The Tadpoles of IC 410 (2018 Jan 24)
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:37 pm
by OkeeDokee
neufer wrote:
<<In Ancient Egyptian numerals, a hieroglyphic representing
a tadpole was used to denote the value of 100,000.>>
If you've ever seen a tadpole migration you'll know why.
Re: APOD: The Tadpoles of IC 410 (2018 Jan 24)
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:40 pm
by OkeeDokee
OkeeDokee wrote:
neufer wrote:
<<In Ancient Egyptian numerals, a hieroglyphic representing
a tadpole was used to denote the value of 100,000.>>
If you've ever seen a tadpole migration you'll know why.
The Tadpoles of IC 410