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Photography - astronomy
The star formation nebula Orion M42 in the constellation Orion
The Orion Nebula is 1,340 light years away from us and is 24 light years across. However, this nebula is only the central area of a much larger cloud called the Orion Molecular Complex. This cloud takes up most of the Orion constellation and is several hundred light years in size. The Orion Nebula is a large and bright star formation region in the night sky. When viewed with the naked eye, this fog appears green. Long exposures, however, show pink, reddish and blue colors. Red for hydrogen that is excited by the central stars. Green is created by excited oxygen and blue is reflected light. New stars are born in such molecular clouds. According to the latest findings, this process can take over a million years, which is relatively short for astronomical standards. These dense clouds of gas and dust are so cold that atoms combine to form molecules like hydrogen or carbon monoxide. In such star formation regions as the Orion Nebula, the future for the galaxies and the universe is created. Although I have photographed M42 many times, my lenses keep panning to this impressive object in the night sky. In the constellation Orion but there are many other known objects, one of which is the Horsehead Nebula . The M16 vein nebula in the constellation Snake is one of the best-known and most beautiful star formation regions; it is also called the Pillars of Creation.
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The Eagle Nebula M16 Pillars of Creation
The Eagle Nebula is 7,000 light years away. The diameter is 70 light years. In the center of the nebula is the young star cluster M16. The radiation from the new stars forms the nebula into bizarre images. New star systems are emerging in the spherical clouds at the edge of the pillars. However, we do not know exactly whether this nebula still exists or whether it has since been dissolved by the radiation from the new stars. Since everything we see in the night sky is past, we see this nebula as it looked 7000 years ago.
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