esahubble_heic1118a December 15th, 2011
Credit: NASA & ESA
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows Sh 2-106, or S106 for short. This is a compact star forming region in the constellation Cygnus (The Swan). A newly-formed star called S106 IR is shrouded in dust at the centre of the image, and is responsible for the surrounding gas clouds hourglass-like shape and the turbulence visible within. Light from glowing hydrogen is coloured blue in this image.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1118a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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