Credit & Copyright: Nicola Bugin
Explanation:
This cosmic close-up looks deep inside the Soul Nebula.
The dark and brooding dust clouds outlined by bright
ridges of glowing gas are cataloged as IC 1871.
About 25
light-years across,
the telescopic field of view spans only
a small part of the much larger
Heart and Soul nebulae.
At an estimated distance of 6,500 light-years, the star-forming
complex lies within the Perseus spiral arm of the
Milky Way, seen in planet
Earth's skies toward the
constellation of the Queen of
Aethiopia
(Cassiopeia).
An example of triggered star formation,
the dense star-forming clouds of IC 1871 are
themselves sculpted by the intense
winds and
radiation of the region's
massive young stars.
This color image adopts a
palette made popular in Hubble images
of star-forming regions.
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