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The Rosette nebula

category international | sci-tech | other press author Wednesday April 18, 2007 11:52author by C Murray

Images and link.

The images and story about the Rosette Nebula are in today's Guardian
and include all the technical language regarding the birth of stars.
[including the Bok Globules]

The images are very arresting and only published in black and white
in the dailies.

A bit of the science :-" The image the most detailed taken , reveals the red
glow of hydrogen in the Rosette nebula, a vast cloud of cosmic detritus
left over from dying stars and cataclysmic explosions drifting in space
4,500 light years from earth...."
Rosette Nebula
Rosette Nebula



The image was digitally 'stitched' over 200 exposures.

The story is page 15 of the guardian;-

http://www.guardian.co.uk

will add in the links to the astronomy sites later-

Another shot
Another shot

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i do love pretty cheery images.
author by alpen citoig hepatitepublication date Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:59author address author phone

thank you.

a link
author by C Murraypublication date Wed Apr 18, 2007 18:37author address author phone



http://seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/n2244.html

has all the big words and degrees etc.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/82039

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