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Originally Posted by astronobob
Thats a corker Mario, love how the triffid popps out and has a magic glow to it, kinda alive mate, Fantastic ! !
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Thanks Bob! I have to agree that it looks alive but then when you think about it, these nebulae that we take pictures of are alive. They're churning, hot, massive, structured clouds of Hydrogen which are giving birth to new stars. You can't get more alive than that!
At the bottom of the Trifid in this image, I noticed that there are two stars which have trails going off at about 135 degrees (0 is at the top). At first I thought it might have been a stacking error but when I've checked other images, including Hubble, I see them as well. Imagine how strong a wind would be needed to strip material of those two stars. Incredible - it breathes as well!!
Cheers,
Mario