This
telescopic close-up shows off the otherwise faint emission nebula IC 410 in
striking false-colors. It also features two remarkable inhabitants of the
cosmic pond of gas and dust below and right of center, the tadpoles of IC 410.
The picture is a composite of images taken through narrow band filters. The
narrow band image data traces atoms in the nebula, with emission from sulfur
atoms in red, hydrogen atoms in green, and oxygen in blue. Partly obscured by
foreground dust, the nebula itself surrounds NGC 1893, a young galactic cluster
of stars that energizes the glowing gas. Composed of denser cooler gas and dust
the tadpoles are around 10 light-years long, potentially sites of ongoing star
formation. Sculpted by wind and radiation from the cluster stars, their tails
trail away from the cluster's central region. IC 410 lies some 12,000
light-years away, toward the constellation Auriga.
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