Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2024 February 2 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. 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. Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend __________________________________________________________________ [12]< | [13]Archive | [14]Submissions | [15]Index | [16]Search | [17]Calendar | [18]RSS | [19]Education | [20]About APOD | [21]Discuss | [22]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [23]Robert Nemiroff ([24]MTU) & [25]Jerry Bonnell ([26]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn [27]Specific rights apply. [28]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [29]ASD at [30]NASA / [31]GSFC, [32]NASA Science Activation & [33]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2402/Tadpoles2048original.png 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 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 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170507.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140213.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240201.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 16. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 21. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=240202 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240203.html 23. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 24. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 26. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 28. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 29. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 30. https://www.nasa.gov/ 31. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 32. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 33. http://www.mtu.edu/