Orion Nebula - another fantastic picture


	Orion Nebula - another fantastic picture

skwirlinator

4-3-2008 1:44 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ff7387a9-7f54-4e89-8572-3aea418aa6a6/115E344E-063A-402E-A48E-82273CCC6713/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0804/HH34F3_schedler.jpg" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0804/HH34F3_schedler.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0804/HH34F3_schedler.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/img/79CFF695-297A-4322-97F5-5B1CD975BC1A" alt="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0804/HH34F3_schedler.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=134880" href="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=134880" style="font-size: 11px;">www.coolscifi.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=134880"><DIV>
 <B> Explanation: </B> This tantalizing array of nebulae and stars can be found about 2 degrees south of the famous <A target="_blank" href="http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Bima/ StarForm.html">star-forming</A> Orion Nebula. <A target="_blank" href="http://www.noao.edu/outreach/latest/ngc1999about.html">The region abounds</A> with energetic young stars producing jets and outflows that push through the surrounding material at speeds of hundreds of kilometers per <I>second</I>. The <A target="_blank" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070811.html">interaction</A> creates luminous shock waves known as <A target="_blank" href="http://www-astro.phast.umass.edu/catalogs/HHcat/ HHintro.html">Herbig-Haro</A> (HH) objects. For example, the graceful, flowing arc just right of center is cataloged as HH 222, also called the Waterfall Nebula. Seen below the Waterfall, HH 401 has a distinctive cone shape. The bright bluish nebula below and left of center is <A target="_blank" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000302.html">NGC 1999</A>, a dusty cloud reflecting light from an embedded variable star. <A target="_blank" href="http://panther-observatory.com/gallery/deepsky/doc/ HH34_F3.htm">The entire cosmic vista</A> spans over 30 light-years, near the edge of the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.seds.org/messier/more/oricloud.html">Orion molecular</A> cloud <A target="_blank" href="http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0609171">complex</A> some 1,500 light-years distant. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/115E344E-063A-402E-A48E-82273CCC6713/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>