Celestial Beacon Sheds New Light on Stellar Nursery
shows a more distant view of the system, and depicts how light from the brightened star and disk illuminate the surrounding outflow cavity. This is what we see as McNeil's Nebula.
Credit:Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA/J. Lomberg
About the Image
| Id: | gemini0402f |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | March 30, 2004, 8 p.m. |
| Related releases: | gemini0402 |
| Size: | 2400 x 1800 px |
About the Object
| Category: | Stars |
