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Credit & Copyright: Stephen Leshin
Explanation:
A faint, dusty rose of the northern sky, emission nebula
IC 410 lies about 12,000 light-years away in the constellation
Auriga.
The cloud of glowing hydrogen
gas is over 100 light-years across,
sculpted by
stellar
winds and radiation from embedded open star cluster NGC 1893.
Formed
in the interstellar cloud
a mere
4 million years ago, the bright cluster stars are seen just below the
prominent dark dust
cloud near picture center.
Notable near the 7 o'clock position in this wide, detailed view
are two relatively dense streamers of material trailing
away from the nebula's central regions.
Potentially sites of ongoing star formation, these
cosmic tadpole
shapes are about 10 light-years long.
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Publications with keywords: emission nebula - star cluster
Publications with words: emission nebula - star cluster
See also:
- APOD: 2025 September 10 Á The Great Lacerta Nebula
- APOD: 2025 July 21 Á Cats Paw Nebula from Webb Space Telescope
- APOD: 2025 July 16 Á The Rosette Nebula from DECam
- APOD: 2025 July 5 Á Ou4: The Giant Squid Nebula
- APOD: 2025 July 4 Á NGC 6946 and NGC 6939
- APOD: 2025 June 26 Á The Seagull Nebula
- Young Star Cluster NGC 346