File:Proplyds within the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) (noao0301a).tiff
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[edit]DescriptionProplyds within the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) (noao0301a).tiff |
English: Astronomers have discovered dozens of potential stellar cocoons within the hostile environment of the Carina Nebula, including some oddballs with bulbous heads, irregular shapes and long, thin tails. Each of these objects may harbor disks of gas and dust that could one day form planetary systems. This is the first large population of these so-called "proplyd" objects to be found outside of the Orion Nebula, the closest region to Earth known to be forming massive stars. The newly discovered proplyds located within the Carina Nebula (NGC3372) are five times farther from Earth than Orion, in a separate spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy. |
Date | 8 January 2003 (upload date) |
Source | Proplyds within the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) |
Author | Nathan Smith, John Bally, Jacob Thiel, Jon Morse U.Colorado/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA |
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Image title | Astronomers have discovered dozens of potential stellar cocoons within the hostile environment of the Carina Nebula, including some oddballs with bulbous heads, irregular shapes and long, thin tails. Each of these objects may harbor disks of gas and dust that could one day form planetary systems. This is the first large population of these so-called "proplyd" objects to be found outside of the Orion Nebula, the closest region to Earth known to be forming massive stars. The newly discovered proplyds located within the Carina Nebula (NGC3372) are five times farther from Earth than Orion, in a separate spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy. |
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Horizontal resolution | 150 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 150 dpi |
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Software used | Adobe Photoshop 7.0 |
File change date and time | 13:55, 13 January 2003 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |