Thursday, May 22, 2014

APOD

The Flame Nebula
The Flame Nebula belongs to a group of forming stars in the Orion's belt nebula. It is visible in X-ray but not in optical light due to the dust blocking the light. The age of the cluster has an age range from 200,000 years old to 1.5 million years young.

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