Noel Carboni
08-16-2008, 01:12 PM
Another collaborative astroimage from myself and Greg Parker.
The Cocoon Nebula is a nice example of star formation... Near the end of a filament of dark dust in the milky way, a new star has formed and is causing the hydrogen gas to glow, as well as illuminating the surrounding dust.
Click through this image to see the full wide field image from which it was derived.
http://forum.ourdarkskies.com/gallery_images/1218311368/gallery_131_16_5964.jpg (http://forum.ourdarkskies.com/gallery_images/1218311368/gallery_131_7_735913.jpg)
Enjoy!
-Noel
The Cocoon Nebula is a nice example of star formation... Near the end of a filament of dark dust in the milky way, a new star has formed and is causing the hydrogen gas to glow, as well as illuminating the surrounding dust.
Click through this image to see the full wide field image from which it was derived.
http://forum.ourdarkskies.com/gallery_images/1218311368/gallery_131_16_5964.jpg (http://forum.ourdarkskies.com/gallery_images/1218311368/gallery_131_7_735913.jpg)
Enjoy!
-Noel