NGC 2264, Nébuleuse de cône

• Contributeur: Science History Images / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: HRJCN5
• Taille du fichier: 36,7 MB (1,8 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 4136 x 3102 px | 35 x 26,3 cm | 13,8 x 10,3 inches | 300dpi
• Photographe: Photo Researchers

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The Cone Nebula, in NGC 2264, resides 2500 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. This monstrous pillar resides in a turbulent star-forming region. This picture, taken by the newly installed Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the upper 2.5 light-years of the Cone, a height that equals 23 million roundtrips to the Moon. The entire pillar is seven light-years long. Background stars can be seen peeking through the evaporating tendrils of gas, while the turbulent base is pockmarked with stars reddened by dust. Over time, only the densest regions of the Cone will be left. But inside these regions, stars and planets may form.

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