APOD 4.7

This weeks picture is from the center of the Omega Nebula. Not only sporting a great name, the Omega Nebula has great features that are most prominent when zoomed in on the center. A star forming, reddish haze in the bottom of the picture. An odd green haze in the background background that is most likely a reflecting part of the nebula. Also, the most prominent part of the picture, the black streaks through the center of the white glow. This area is an area of colder gas that is absorbing the radiation from all of the young stars, the bright points. The omega nebula itself lies 3000 light years away in the direction of Sagittarius. Eventually, the Nebula will become full of stars and planets.

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