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DescriptionThe star cluster NGC 3572 and its dramatic surroundings.jpg
English: The Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured the best image so far of the star cluster NGC 3572, a gathering of young stars, and its spectacular surroundings. This new image shows how the clouds of gas and dust around the cluster have been sculpted into whimsical bubbles, arcs and the odd features known as elephant trunks by the stellar winds flowing from the bright stars. The brightest of these cluster stars are heavier than the Sun and will end their short lives as supernova explosions.
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The Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured the best image so far of the star cluster NGC 3572, a gathering of young stars, and its spectacular surroundings. This new image shows how the clouds of gas and dust around the cluster have been sculpted into whimsical bubbles, arcs and the odd features known as elephant trunks by the stellar winds flowing from the bright stars. The brightest of these cluster stars are heavier than the Sun and will end their short lives as supernova explosions.
Date and time of data generation
12:00, 13 November 2013
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Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Unique ID of original document
xmp.did:3319558508D2E211841DAFA31495877F
Source
European Southern Observatory
Credit/Provider
ESO/G. Beccari
Short title
The star cluster NGC 3572 and its dramatic surroundings