NASAのインスタグラム(nasa) - 12月26日 00時57分

Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas! This @NASAHubble Space Telescope image of a bipolar star-forming region reminds us of a soaring, celestial snow angel. The outstretched “wings” aren’t snow at all, but are actually twin lobes of super-hot gas that glows blue. Additionally, a ring of dust and gas orbits the star like a belt.
Just admire the space-angel that lies nearly 2,000 light-years from us and appears in a relatively isolated region of the Milky Way galaxy. A massive, young star is responsible for the furious activity we see in the nebula. Hubble's sharp resolution reveals ripples and ridges in the gas as it interacts with the cooler interstellar medium in this February 2011 view. Visible narrow-band filters that isolate the hydrogen gas were combined with near-infrared filters that show structure in the cooler gas and dust.

Image credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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