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Showing posts with label Surprisingly Bright Superbubble. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Surprisingly Bright Superbubble. Show all posts

Monday, September 10, 2012

NGC 1929 in N44: A Surprisingly Bright Superbubble


NGC 1929 is a star cluster rooted in the nebula N44, Which is found in the Large Magellan Cloud.Massive stars in the cluster produces powerful radiation, expel matter at high speeds, and explode as supernovas Relatively Quickly. Winds from the massive stars and supernova shocks from carve out "superbubbles" in the gas seen in X-rays by Chandra (blue). Infrared data show dust (red) and cooler gas and optical light (yellow) Reveals where ultraviolet radiation is Causing the gas to glow.

This composite image shows a superbubble in the Large Magellan Cloud (LMC), a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located About 160.000 light years from Earth.