NASA announces the Tarantula Nebula as a “bouquet of stars” for Valentine’s Day
The Tarantula Nebula sounds more suitable for Halloween than Valentine’s Day. But look at that. You can see why NASA thinks it’s a suitable astronomical gift for a day of love and flowers. NASA shared a Nebula viewmore officially known as the 30 Dorados (or 30 DOR) on February 12th, and is described as “a bouquet of stars.”
This image combines NASA data Chandra X-ray Observatorya large millimeter/sub-millimeter array of Atacama, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chilean telescope.
30 Some Views of DOR – This is James Webbspace Telescope – Emphasizing the nebula spiderley spindle of dust and gas filament. The new image looks more like a purple-ish puff of cosmic cotton candy than Arknids.
The nebula is located 160,000 light years away from the adjacent galaxy, the large Magellan cloud.
The Nebula is a stellar nursery with a prominent huge herd of stars in its center.
“A giant, $30-dollar young star sends strong cosmic winds into space,” NASA said. “In addition to the problems and energy emitted by previously exploded stars, these winds have etched eye-catching displays of arcs, pillars and bubbles.”
Some of these stars are only 1 to 2 million years old. Compare it to our 5 billion-year-old sun.
Chandra searched for X-ray emissions at 30 Dorados. This is Chandra’s contribution to the composite image.
Chandra’s contribution to the new images is important. This represents a 23-day observation looking for the source of the X-ray. It found thousands.
“The 3,615 x-ray sources detected by Chandra contain large stars, double star systems, bright stars still in the process of formation, and much smaller clusters of young stars,” NASA says. Ta.
Find the share of Chandra’s view by looking for the blue and green part of the image.
There is a lot of science behind the beauty of 30 Dor. A team of astronomers and astrophysicists used Chandra’s X-ray data for the study published in Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series last year. This paper describes 30 DOR as a “science microscope in starburst astrophysics.” The long observation time allowed researchers to track star changes, including binary star movements.
If you love Valentine’s sweetness on the science side, this “Boiled Young Star Bouquet” is for you. Here are some potential notes that Amor will take to fit the image: