Image Credit: NASA.
NASA has published a fresh
view of the lovely Witch Head Nebula taken by their Wide-Field Infrared Survey
Explorer. Attractive even after you realize the witch profile that gives this
cluster of new stars bounded by dust its name.
Astronomers say the billowy
clouds of the nebula, where baby stars are developing, are being lit up by
massive stars. Dust in the cloud is being hit with starlight, initiating it to spark
with infrared light, which was picked up by WISE's detectors. The Witch Head
nebula is expected to be hundreds of light-years away in the Orion
constellation, just off the well-known hunter's knees.
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