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Dust Clouds of the Pacman Nebula Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220810.html #asronomy#space nebula#stars #strbirth #glactic #comicart #pacmannebula ngc281 ic1590 #boklobule #casiopeia #eepsky #astrophotgraphy #spaceexploration

A colorful emission nebula called NGC 281, nicknamed the Pacman Nebula, is illuminated by the newly forming star cluster IC 1590.  The dark, dense dust cloud in the upper left is classified as a Bok Globule, and it may collapse to form a new star. The bright red glow is caused by hydrogen gas being excited by nearby stars, while the dark nebula is sculpted by high energy light and fast stellar winds.  The Pacman Nebula is located 10,000 light years away toward the constellation Cassiopeia.
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Stars can create huge and intricate dust sculptures from the dense and dark molecular clouds from which they are born. The tools the stars use to carve their detailed works are high energy light and fast stellar winds. The heat they generate evaporates the dark molecular dust as well as causing

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