Gaseous Streamers Flutter in Stellar Breeze
Composite image of ground-based [S II] image (white; taken at the Curtis Schmidt Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile ) and ROSAT PSPC X-ray image (red).
Credit:
R. Chris Smith (CTIO) and Y.-H. Chu (UICU)
About the Image
NASA press release
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| Id: | opo0212c |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 9 May 2002, 06:00 |
| Size: | 600 x 595 px |
About the Object
| Name: | N44 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region • Nebulae Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical SII |
Other |
| X-ray | Other |
