astronomicalwonders: The Spider and the Fly - IC 417 NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope floats ~93
astronomicalwonders:The Spider and the Fly - IC 417NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope floats ~93 million miles from earth as it silently observes our universe. In this image we see the nebula IC 417, located in the constellation Auriga, about 10,000 light-years away. Star formation is occurring rapidly in this nebula.“A cluster of young stars called “Stock 8” can be seen at the top. The light from this cluster carves out a bowl in the nearby dust clouds, seen here as green fluff. Along the sinuous tail in the center and to the bottom, groupings of red point sources are also young stars.”Credit: NASA/JPL -- source link
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