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Credit & Copyright: JesÇs M.Vargas & Maritxu Poyal
Explanation:
Stars are forming in the Soul of the Queen of Aethopia.
More specifically, a large star forming region called the
Soul Nebula
(IC 1898) can be found in the direction of the
constellation Cassiopeia, who Greek mythology credits as the
vain wife
of a King who long ago ruled
lands
surrounding the
upper Nile river.
The Soul Nebula
houses several
open clusters of stars,
a large radio source known as
W5,
and huge evacuated bubbles formed by the winds of young massive
stars.
Located about 6,500 light years away, the
Soul Nebula spans about 100
light years
and is usually
imaged next to its celestial neighbor the
Heart Nebula (IC 1805).
The
featured
image
is a composite of three exposures in different colors:
red as emitted by
hydrogen gas, yellow as emitted by
sulfur,
and blue as emitted by
oxygen.
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