{"id":113867,"date":"2024-10-14T01:33:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T18:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113867"},"modified":"2024-10-14T01:33:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T18:33:47","slug":"space-photo-of-the-week-see-the-gorgeous-rosette-nebula-before-it-destroys-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113867","title":{"rendered":"Space photo of the week: See the gorgeous Rosette Nebula \u2014 before it destroys itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"article-body\">\n<p><strong>What it is:<\/strong> The Rosette Nebula<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where it is:<\/strong> 5,000 light-years away, in the constellation Monoceros, the unicorn.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p><strong>When it was shared:<\/strong> Oct. 1, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it&#8217;s so special:<\/strong> The Rosette Nebula is a big deal. At about 130 light-years across, it&#8217;s roughly five times the size of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/astronomy\/james-webb-telescope-spots-trouble-in-orion-nebula-stellar-winds-are-eroding-planet-forming-material-around-a-young-star\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/astronomy\/james-webb-telescope-spots-trouble-in-orion-nebula-stellar-winds-are-eroding-planet-forming-material-around-a-young-star\"><u>the Orion Nebula<\/u><\/a> \u2014 the closest star-forming region to Earth \u2014 and about four times farther away, according to the National Science Foundation&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/noirlab.edu\/public\/images\/noirlab2424b\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/noirlab.edu\/public\/images\/noirlab2424b\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>NOIRLab<\/u><\/a>. It contains a lot of gas and dust. If that sounds dull, think again \u2014 just look at this spectacular image from the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) in Chile.<\/p>\n<p>Those sparkling colors are caused by the ultraviolet radiation produced by the nebula&#8217;s massive stars. That radiation ionizes (electrically charges) the surrounding hydrogen gas. In this image of the nebula, you can see shades of yellow and gold (ionized oxygen), red (ionized hydrogen) and pink (ionized silicon).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/james-webb-space-telescope-image-gallery\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/james-webb-space-telescope-image-gallery\"><u><strong>38 jaw-dropping James Webb Space Telescope images<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the center of the 377-megapixel image is NGC 2244, a bluish cluster of young, massive stars that has sculpted and illuminated a large cavity within the surrounding gas. NGC 2244 is about 2 million years old \u2014 an infant, in cosmic terms \u2014 and formed after the nebula&#8217;s gases coalesced into clumps brought together by their mutual gravity. They give the Rosette Nebula its glowing &#8220;eye.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-rhozVWwrKHbRwyutMEiL8Z\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-rhozVWwrKHbRwyutMEiL8Z slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get the world\u2019s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1280px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:85.08%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skb2bsdAhCwuMAhJnjMkvZ-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skb2bsdAhCwuMAhJnjMkvZ-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skb2bsdAhCwuMAhJnjMkvZ-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skb2bsdAhCwuMAhJnjMkvZ-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skb2bsdAhCwuMAhJnjMkvZ-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skb2bsdAhCwuMAhJnjMkvZ-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An uncropped version of the rosette nebula image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skb2bsdAhCwuMAhJnjMkvZ-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skb2bsdAhCwuMAhJnjMkvZ-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skb2bsdAhCwuMAhJnjMkvZ-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skb2bsdAhCwuMAhJnjMkvZ-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skb2bsdAhCwuMAhJnjMkvZ-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skb2bsdAhCwuMAhJnjMkvZ-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skb2bsdAhCwuMAhJnjMkvZ.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skb2bsdAhCwuMAhJnjMkvZ.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">An uncropped version of the image. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Image credit: CTIO\/NOIRLab\/DOE\/NSF\/AURA; Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage\/NSF NOIRLab), D. de Martin &amp; M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you look closely at the central void, you&#8217;ll see &#8220;elephant trunks,&#8221; or pillars of dust that mark the transition from the ionized hydrogen near the hot, young stars to the cooler hydrogen beyond. They&#8217;re in trunk-like shapes because, as the shell-like void expands beyond the star cluster, the clumps of cooler gas resist.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re seeing this &#8220;cosmic rose&#8221; at just the right time \u2014 within about 10 million years, the radiation from the hot, young stars of the cluster will have dissipated the nebula.<\/p>\n<p>The image \u2014 also available as a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/noirlab.edu\/public\/images\/noirlab2424a\/zoomable\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/noirlab.edu\/public\/images\/noirlab2424a\/zoomable\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>zoomable<\/u><\/a> version \u2014 was published to mark the fifth anniversary of NOIRLab, the U.S. national center for ground-based, nighttime optical and infrared astronomy. It was taken using the 570-megapixel DECam, which is mounted on the V\u00edctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in the southern Atacama Desert in Chile.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more sublime space images, check out our <\/em><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tag\/space-photo-of-the-week\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tag\/space-photo-of-the-week\"><em>Space Photo of the Week archives<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/astronomy\/space-photo-of-the-week-see-the-gorgeous-rosette-nebula-before-it-destroys-itself\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What it is: The Rosette Nebula Where it is: 5,000 light-years away, in the constellation Monoceros, the unicorn. 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