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                               2024 February 2
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                     NGC 1893 and the Tadpoles of IC 410
               Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Sander de Jong

   Explanation: [5]This cosmic view shows off an otherwise faint emission
   nebula IC 410, captured under clear Netherlands skies with telescope
   and narrowband filters. Above and right of center you can spot two
   remarkable inhabitants of the interstellar pond of gas and dust, known
   as the tadpoles of IC 410. Partly obscured by foreground dust, the
   nebula itself surrounds [6]NGC 1893, a young galactic cluster of stars.
   Formed in the interstellar cloud a mere 4 million years ago, the
   [7]intensely hot, bright cluster stars energize the glowing gas.
   Globules composed of denser cooler gas and dust, the tadpoles are
   around 10 light-years long and are likely sites of ongoing [8]star
   formation. Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation their heads are
   outlined by [9]bright ridges of ionized gas while their tails trail
   away from the cluster's central young stars. [10]IC 410 and embedded
   NGC 1893 lie some 10,000 light-years away, toward the [11]nebula-rich
   constellation Auriga.

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   4. https://telescopius.com/profile/carpe-noctem
   5. https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/176549/deep_sky/tadpole-nebula/IC/410/diffuse-nebula/by-carpe-noctem?gallery_user_id=45237&gallery_order=is_featured
   6. http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.5632
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070726.html
   8. https://www.ukaff.ac.uk/starcluster/
   9. https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1995/news-1995-44.html
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