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NASA: Galaxy stars in the shape of a Christmas tree – the dazzling image – Newsbomb – News

NASA: Galaxy stars in the shape of a Christmas tree – the dazzling image – Newsbomb – News

This constellation is also moved by spirit Christmas.

Today (12/25) many countries of the world are moving to… Christmas tunes. However, this climate is not limited to our planet, after all Secular Christmas tree It was discovered about 2,500 light-years from our planet Landaccording to an impressive document highlighted by NASA.

the “Balls” it's his stars Smaller and larger than the Sun, some contain about seven solar masses. the NGC 2264 It is a “collection” of young stars, which have been transformed through appropriate processing NASA On the Christmas tree.

The stars in this group range from 1 to 5 million years old, relative to their age sun (5 billion years). These young stars are producing Strong x-rays And other types of light, but adjusted artificially, to obtain the “magical” image he created NASA.

The resemblance to a Christmas tree is enhanced by the color choices and alternation. The blue and white lights are young stars emitting X-rays discovered by the Ray Observatory Χ Chandra Ha NASA.

the Visual data From the telescope vintage Visualize a gas nebula in the cluster in green, corresponding to the “branches” of the tree. Finally, infrared data from Two-micron full-sky survey The stars appear white. The image is rotated clockwise by 160 degreesthe Up so that it looks like the top of a tree.

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