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The star cluster NGC 3572 and its dramatic surroundings

Posted on Wednesday, November 13, 2013
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The star cluster NGC 3572 and its dramatic surroundings
Image credit: ESO/G. Beccari

Uploader comment: The Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured the best image so far of the star cluster NGC 3572, a gathering of young stars, and its spectacular surroundings. This new image shows how the clouds of gas and dust around the cluster have been sculpted into whimsical bubbles, arcs and the odd features known as elephant trunks by the stellar winds flowing from the bright stars.


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