INSIDE THE ORION NEBULA
This is a wonderful shot showing us one of the most beautiful regions of the sky.
IC 434 is an emission nebula visible in the constellation Orion. In the center of the photo we can see the famous Horsehead Nebula, a dark cloud overlapping it in our line of sight.
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Photo: George Chatzifrantzis
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A Triangular Prominence Hovers Over the Sun
Image Credit & Copyright: Andrea Vanoni
Explanation: Why is there a triangle hovering over the Sun? Although the shape is unusual, the type of structure is not: it is part of an evolving solar prominence. Looping magnetic fields on the Sun channel the flow of energetic particles, sometimes holding glowing gaseous structures aloft for months.
A prominence glows brightly because it contains particularly hot, dense, or opaque solar plasma. The surprising triangular structure occurred last week. Larger than our Earth, the iconic prominence was imaged by several solar photographers and documented by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory to form and violently dissipate in about a day.
The featured image was captured in a color of red light emitted strongly by hydrogen. Below, solar fibrils carpet the Sun's chromosphere, while the background sky is so faint in comparison that no stars are visible. Our Sun's surface has been quite active this year.
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