IC 4628:The Prawn Nebula Recipe For Young Stars
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 08:10
in Astronomy & Space
6,000 light-years away, in the constellation of Scorpius, nebula IC 4628 is a huge region filled with gas and clumps of dark dust which produces brilliant hot young stars. In visible light, these stars appear as a blue-white color, but they also emit intense radiation in other parts of the spectrum — most notably in the ultraviolet. read more