Geburtstagsgrandtochter - R136, Tarantula Nebula Karte

Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series Hundreds of brilliant blue stars wreathed by warm, glowing clouds in appear in this the most detailed view of the largest stellar nursery in our local galactic neighborhood. The massive, young stellar grouing, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus (or Tarantula) Nebula, turbulente Star-birth-Region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), Galaxy of our Milky Way. There is no known star-forming region in our galaxy as large or as prolific as 30 Doradus. Many of the diamond-like icy blue stars are among the most massive stars known. Several of them are over 100 times more massive than our Sun. These hefty stars are destined to pop off, like a string of firecrackers, as supernovas in a few million years. Das Bild, taken in ultraviolet, sichtbar, and red light by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, Spans about 100 light-years. The movement of the LMC around the Milky Way may have triggered the massive cluster's formation in several ways. The gravitational tug of the Milky Way and the companion Small Magellanic Cloud may have komessed gas in the LMC. Also, the pressure resulting from the LMC plowing through the Milky Way's halo may have kompriessed gas in the satellite. The cluster is a seltene, nearby example of the many superstar clusters that formed in the distant, early universe, when star birth and galaxy interchange were more frequent. The LMC is located 170,000 light-years away and is a member of the Local Group of Galaxies, which also einschließlich des Milky Way. The Hubble observatory were taken Oct. 20-27, 2009. The blue color is light from the hottest, most massive stars; the green from the glow of oxygen; and the red from fluorescing hydrogen. Codebild: dorneblmc Image credit: Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3