Image Credit & Copyright: Fred
Vanderhaven
Explanation:
The eggs from this chicken may form into stars. The above pictured emission
nebula, cataloged as IC 2944, is called the Running Chicken Nebula for the
shape of its greater appearance. The image was taken recently from Siding
Spring Observatory in Australia and presented in scientifically assigned
colors. Seen near the center of the image are small, dark molecular clouds rich
in obscuring cosmic dust. Called Thackeray's Globules for their discoverer,
these "eggs" are potential sites for the gravitational condensation
of new stars, although their fates are uncertain as they are also being rapidly
eroded away by the intense radiation from nearby young stars. Together with
patchy glowing gas and complex regions of reflecting dust, these massive and energetic
stars form the open cluster Collinder 249. This gorgeous skyscape spans about
70 light-years at the nebula's estimated 6,000 light-year distance.
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