Messier 78 Star Formation

I have given this high resolution deep space Hubble photograph a special fine art treatment that turns an ordinary telescope image into a... more

by Jennifer Rondinelli Reilly - Fine Art Photography

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Messier 78 Star Formation

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Jennifer Rondinelli Reilly - Fine Art Photography

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Photograph - Photograph - Digital Art

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I have given this high resolution deep space Hubble photograph a special fine art treatment that turns an ordinary telescope image into a breathtaking, high quality, fine art photograph.

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Best known as Messier 78, the two round greenish nebulae are actually cavities carved out of the surrounding dark dust clouds. The extended dust is mostly dark, even to Spitzer's view, but the edges show up in mid-wavelength infrared light as glowing red frames surrounding the bright interiors. Messier 78 is easily seen in small telescopes to the naked eye in the constellation of Orion, just to the northeast of Orion's belt, but looks strikingly different, with dominant, dark swaths of dust. Spitzer's infrared eyes penetrate this dust, revealing the glowing interior of the nebulae.

The light from young, newborn stars are starting to carve out cavities within the dust, and eventually, this will become a larger nebula like the "green ring" imaged by Spitzer

A string of baby stars that have yet to burn their way through their natal shells can be seen as red pinpoints on the outside of the nebula. Eventually these will blossom into their own glowing balls, turning this two-eyed eyeglass into a many-eyed monster of a nebula.

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April 23rd, 2014