Wednesday, 3 June 2015

The Red Spider Nebula.

















NGC 6573 located 5,000 light years away from earth found in the constellation of Sagittarius. A White Dwarf Star sits in the centre of the Nebula releasing strong winds at over 300 kilometres per second, forming shock waves over 100 billion kilometres high. The White Dwarf Star emits gas and energy from either side of it poles, this along side the stars core releasing strong winds forms the shape of the Nebula. The Star is said to be between 250,000K 500,000K putting it among the hottest White Dwarf Stars known.
NGC6573 (The Red Spider Nebula) was captured by the New Technology Telescope at La Silla Observatory situated on the outskirts of the Chilean Atacama Desert.

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