APOD: 2009 October 18 - The Star Pillars of Sharpless 171
SOURCE: DIGG • 2009-10-18
TOPICS:
Nebulae • Stellar Astronomy • Molecular Cloud • Open Cluster • Star • Environment • Human Interest
[108 diggs @ Space] Towering pillars of cold gas and dark dust adorn the center star forming region of Sharpless 171. An open cluster of stars is forming there from the gas in cold molecular clouds. As energetic light emitted by young massive stars boils away the opa... read more »