Sunday, December 18, 2011

Hubble’s Snow Angel

Hubble’s Snow Angel:



This star-forming region, called Sharpless 2-106, looks like a snow angel. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)



If you need a little help getting into the holiday spirit, the Hubble Space Telescope is here to assist. This gorgeous new image shows a bipolar star-forming region, called Sharpless 2-106, (S106 for short) which looks like a soaring, celestial snow angel. The outstretched “wings” of the nebula are actually the contrasting imprint of heat and motion against the backdrop of a colder medium. Twin lobes of super-hot gas, glowing blue in this image, stretch outward from the central star, forming the wings.

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