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	Glorius Orion

rnilanjan

4-21-2009 11:20 AM

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4-21-2009 10:22 PM

tanyamm

Orion is one of the few constellations I recognize.

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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/11512ea1-f142-412f-b552-39732242b8c5/86173994-77EE-40B9-83BD-6FAC22DF4A30/" 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.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28014" href="http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28014" style="font-size: 11px;">www.spaceref.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28014">star formation in and
around the well-known Great Nebula of Orion</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28014">with
young stars emitting gas jets in all directions, creating quite a
chaotic picture. There is much more going on in Orion than previously
thought</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28014">the Orion Molecular Cloud -- is more
than 20 times the angular size of the full moon, spanning from far
above the hunter's head to far below his feet. It is one of the most
intense regions of star formation in the local Milky Way</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28014">oung stars, the cloud of gas and dust from which they are being born,
and the spectacular supersonic jets of hydrogen molecules being
launched from the poles of each star.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28014"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spaceref.com/img/E0BB500E-0444-4B49-A701-1D688C6E44F2" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28014">Most of the "action" is hidden from view in visible light, because the
molecular cloud is very thick and opaque</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28014"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spaceref.com/img/00F5FD41-C34D-4BBE-9ECF-436339416FE1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28014">A close-up view of a spectacular jet (seen in red) popping out of a busy region of star formation in Orion. All of the red wisps, knots and filaments are in fact associated with jets from young stars</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/86173994-77EE-40B9-83BD-6FAC22DF4A30/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.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>

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