Monday, April 18, 2011

APOD 4.2

IC 140 is an stunning emission nebula in false color, and has some amazing shapes and gasses within it. The two tadpoles in the upper left are beautiful little globules of gas. They are kind of like a beautiful mark on what might lay out there for us to discover. The nebula surrounds a bright young star cluster, and might be a sign of ongoing star formation in the region. The tadpoles are about 10 light years long each. That is a far way, everything you see was ten years ago. This why it might be impossible for us to ever talk to each other when the human race ups and leaves each other.

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