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                                  2019 May 28
                                      [2]
                      Stars, Dust, and Gas near NGC 3572
                Image Credit & Copyright: Andrew Campbell [3]

Explanation: Star formation can be colorful. This chromatic cosmic portrait
[4]  features glowing gas and dark dust near some recently formed stars of NGC
3572 [5] , a little-studied star cluster near the Carina Nebula [6] . Stars
from NGC 3572 are visible near the bottom of the image, while the expansive
gas cloud above is likely what remains of their formation nebula. The image
[7] 's striking hues were created by featuring specific colors emitted by
hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and blending them [8] with images recorded
through broadband filters in red, green, and blue. This nebula near NGC 3572
spans about 100 light year [9] s and lies about 9,000 light years away toward
[10] the southern constellation of the Ship's Keel ( Carina [11] ). Within a
few million years the pictured gas will likely disperse, while gravitational
encounters [12] will likely disperse the cluster stars over about a billion
years.

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