Shown here is the area surrounding the stellar cluster NGC 2467, - TopicsExpress



          

Shown here is the area surrounding the stellar cluster NGC 2467, located in the southern constellation of Puppis ("The Stern"). Wallpaper download options available here: With an age of a few million years at most, it is a very active stellar nursery, where new stars are born continuously from large clouds of dust and gas. The image, looking like a colorful cosmic ghost, contains the open clusters Haffner 18 and Haffner 19, as well as vast areas of ionized gas.
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 22:04:04 +0000

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