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Old 01-04-2024, 11:55 AM
TrevorW
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NGC 3572 and part of the Southern Tadpoles

This image features a glowing gas and dark dust clouds along side the young stars of NGC3572 and the Southern Tadpoles. Stars from NGC 3572 are toward the middle in the frame that would measure about 100 light-years across at the cluster's estimated distance of 9,000 light-years. The visible interstellar gas and dust is part of the star cluster's natal molecular cloud. Dense streamers of material within the nebula, eroded by stellar winds and radiation, clearly trail away from the energetic young stars. The images also contains the mysterious ring in the open cluster NGC 3572, a Planetary Nebula or Photo evaporating Globule
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