Nebula Tarantula sounds as if it is better suited for Halloween than the day of the Wine. But just look at it. You can see why NASA thinks it is an appropriate astronomical gift for a day of Loveubeum and flowers. NASA shared a View of the nebulaMore formally known as 30 Doradus (or 30 Dor), on February 12, describing it as an “Ellvest Bouquet”.
The image combines data from NASA X-ray Observatory ChandraThe Hubble Space Telescope and the large string of Atacama, a large millimeter/subset, a telescope in Chile. Compare this with what The Jameseshezhes Web Telescope I saw in 2022.
Not so many spiders
Some early views of 30 Dor highlight the spiders of the nebula spider of dust and gas threads. The new image looks like a pure cotton cotton grant more than Arachnide.
“I think our more modern version, and especially with the X -ray image, doesn't look like a spider at all,” an astronomer Matthew call The mud poly help says through E -s. A call is a co -author of a recent study of 30 Dor.
The nebula is located at 160,000 light years in a neighboring galaxy, the large Magellan cloud.
The nebul is an Elleven nursery with a remarkable cluster of massive stars in its center.
“Massive young stars in 30 Dor send cosmically strong winds into space,” NASA said. “Together with matter and energy thrown out of the previously exploded stars, these winds have shown the display of arcs, pillars and bubbles.”
Some of these stars are only 1 to 2 million years old. Compare that with our sun at 5 billion years.
Chandra sought sources of X-ray show in 30 Doradus. This is Chandra's contribution to the composite image.
Chandra's contribution to the new image is significant. Represents 23 days of hugs that require X-ray sources. Found thousands.
“3,615 X-ray sources discovered by Chandra include a mixture of massive stars, double-ved systems, bright stars that are still in the process of forming and much smaller clusters of young stars,” NASA said.
Look for the blue and green parts of the image to find the share of Chandra's view.
Diving in 30 Dor
There is a lot of science behind the beauty of 30 Dor. A team of astronomers and astrophysicists used Xhandra's X -ray data published in Series for Astrophysical Magazine Supplements last year. The paper describes 30 Dor as a “microscope of Starburst astrophysics”. The long time of reconciliation has allowed researchers to follow changes in embroidery, including binary stars movements.
“X-ray data particularly points out that the stunning amount of Starwar And Violent deaths of massive stars have occurred in this region over the past 20-30 million years, ”says Hunk.
This anottoized image points to important features like Starwezden Cluster, Supernova's remnant and superbable in NASA's view of 30 Doradus.
The call points out some important features of the NASA access image. Note the central cluster of massive stars known as R136.
The anonated image also shows a remnant of supernova and superbable, most likely created by a more supernova.
“These features do not appear in other images at all, they are only obvious in X-rays, and they are the result of explosive deaths of many massive stars,” says a call.
NASA's 30 -Dor link to the day of the UUSNES is important for a call. Astronomer Leiza Townsley The Penn State is the lead author of the study. The newspaper was published posthumously after her death in 2022. A call described the project as “Labor of Loveube” in honor of the mentor, associate and close friend. “I finished this paper using her detailed notes, data tables and visualizations,” he says.
If you like your sweetness to the Valentuben with one side of science, then this “bouquet of young young stars” is for you. Here's a potential note for your amor to go along with the picture: “Our Loveubov is like a massive dual -star star in 30 Doradus. We make an Ellvest pair!”