Archivo: Flame Nebula NGC 2024
Descripción: Sparkling at the edge of a giant cloud of gas and dust, the Flame Nebula, also referred to as NGC 2024, is in fact the hideout of a cluster of young, blue, massive stars, whose light sets the gas ablaze. Located 1300 light-years away towards the constellation of Orion, the nebula owes its typical colour to the glow of hydrogen atoms, heated by the stars. The latter are obscured by a dark, forked dusty structure in the centre of the image and are only revealed by infra-red observations. Colours & filters Band Wavelength Telescope Optical B 433 nm Danish 1.54-metre telescope DFOSC Optical V 544 nm Danish 1.54-metre telescope DFOSC Optical R 648 nm Danish 1.54-metre telescope DFOSC .
Título: Flame Nebula NGC 2024
Créditos: ESO
Autor(a): ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R. Gendler, J.-E. Ovaldsen, C. Thöne and C. Féron
Términos de Uso: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Licencia: CC BY 4.0
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