NGC 2170: Celestial still life with a cosmic brush

By Cosmic Tribune on July 9, 2013   Astronomy, Impacting, Nebula, Stars, Time and Space  

[FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, CLICK ON IMAGE] / Adam Block, Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, U. Arizona] The beautiful, dusty nebula NGC 2170 shines at the upper left. Reflecting the light of nearby hot stars, NGC 2170 is joined by other bluish reflection nebulae, a compact red emission region, and streamers of obscuring dust against a backdrop of […]