#M43 Orion Falls

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COSMIC WATERFALL IN THE BACKYARD OF THE MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on M43, a.k.a., Orion Falls. 📸+🔭: Zhuoqun Wu, Chilescope Telescope 2, c. 2018.

OVERVIEW: "Is there a waterfall in Orion? No, but some of the dust in M43 appears similar to a waterfall on Earth. M43, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is the often imaged but rarely mentioned neighbor of the more famous M42. M42, which includes many bright stars from the Trapezium cluster, lies above the featured scene.

PART II: M43 is itself a star forming region and although laced with filaments of dark dust, is composed mostly of glowing hydrogen. The entire Orion field, located about 1600 light years away, is inundated with many intricate and picturesque filaments of dust. Opaque to visible light, dark dust is created in the outer atmosphere of massive cool stars and expelled by a strong outer wind of protons and electrons."

-- APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day), published December 12, 2018

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181212.html.

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M43, Orion Falls

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Dust in M43: Orion Falls

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M43: Orion Falls : Is there a waterfall in Orion? No, but some of the dust in M43 appears similar to a waterfall on Earth. M43, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is the often imaged but rarely mentioned neighbor of the more famous M42. M42, which includes many bright stars from the Trapezium cluster, lies above the featured scene. M43 is itself a star forming region and although laced with filaments of dark dust, is composed mostly of glowing hydrogen. The entire Orion field, located about 1600 light years away, is inundated with many intricate and picturesque filaments of dust. Opaque to visible light, dark dust is created in the outer atmosphere of massive cool stars and expelled by a strong outer wind of protons and electrons. via NASA

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M43: Orion Falls 

Image Credit: Zhuoqun Wu, Chilescope Telescope 2

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M43: Orion Falls ⠀ Image Credit & Copyright: Zhuoqun Wu, Chilescope Telescope 2⠀ ⠀ Explanation: Is there a waterfall in Orion? No, but some of the dust in M43 appears similar to a waterfall on Earth. M43, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is the often imaged but rarely mentioned neighbor of the more famous M42. M42, which includes many bright stars from the Trapezium cluster, lies above the featured scene. M43 is itself a star forming region and although laced with filaments of dark dust, is composed mostly of glowing hydrogen. The entire Orion field, located about 1600 light years away, is inundated with many intricate and picturesque filaments of dust. Opaque to visible light, dark dust is created in the outer atmosphere of massive cool stars and expelled by a strong outer wind of protons and electrons.⠀ ⠀ NASA APOD (https://ift.tt/2QPdyRp) via Instagram https://ift.tt/2NsOHRf

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M43: Orion Falls [1828x1537]

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M43: Orion Falls : Is there a waterfall in Orion? No, but some...

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"M43: Orion Falls " Is the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day of today, December 12, 2018

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2018 December 12

M43: Orion Falls Image Credit & Copyright: Zhuoqun Wu, Chilescope Telescope 2

Explanation: Is there a waterfall in Orion? No, but some of the dust in M43 appears similar to a waterfall on Earth. M43, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is the often imaged but rarely mentioned neighbor of the more famous M42. M42, which includes many bright stars from the Trapezium cluster, lies above the featured scene. M43 is itself a star forming region and although laced with filaments of dark dust, is composed mostly of glowing hydrogen. The entire Orion field, located about 1600 light years away, is inundated with many intricate and picturesque filaments of dust. Opaque to visible light, dark dust is created in the outer atmosphere of massive cool stars and expelled by a strong outer wind of protons and electrons.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181212.html

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M43: Orion Falls via NASA

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M43, Orion Falls

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M43: Orion Falls via NASA https://ift.tt/2QPdyRp

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