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APOD: 2011 April 16 - The Tadpoles of IC 410 Astronomy Picture of the Day Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2011 April 16 The Tadpoles of IC 410 Image Credit &: Explanation: This telescopic close-up shows off the otherwise faint IC 410 in striking false-colors. It also features two remarkable inhabitants of the cosmic pond of gas and dust above and left of center, the of IC 410. The picture is a composite of images taken through both broad. Naughty boy hotel cabana album zip. The narrow band data in the nebula, with emission from sulfur atoms in red, hydrogen atoms in green, and oxygen in blue.

Partly obscured by foreground dust, surrounds, a young galactic cluster of stars that energizes the glowing gas. Composed of denser cooler gas and dust the tadpoles are around 10 light-years long, potentially sites of ongoing star formation. Wind and radiation from the cluster stars, their tails trail away from the cluster's central region.

IC 410 lies some 12,000 light-years away, toward the. Tomorrow's picture: Authors & editors: () & () NASA Official: Phillip Newman. A service of: at / &.