Hubble-X, a vibrant emission nebula complex in the nearby galaxy NGC 6822, is home to massive, 4-million-year-old stars. Its glowing colors are fueled by intense ultraviolet radiation from these young stars, sculpted by stellar winds and radiation interacting with interstellar clouds. Resembling the Orion Nebula, Hubble-X (designated X in a catalog of similar objects within NGC 6822 due to it being the tenth found) is intrinsically brighter and much farther away at 1.6 million light-years. Spanning 100 light-years across, it dwarfs the Orion Nebula's 10 light-year width.

Astronomy Picture from 16/02/2001

Star Forming Region Hubble-X

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Hubble-X, a vibrant emission nebula in the nearby galaxy NGC 6822, glows with the light of its 4-million-year-old stars. This stellar nursery, sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, is intrinsically brighter than the Orion Nebula, despite being 1000 times farther away at 1.6 million light-years. Its size is also considerably larger, spanning 100 light-years compared to Orion's 10 light-years. The image shows the nebula's complex structure, with a prominent bright central region and fainter, extended emissions.

Astronomy Picture from 16/02/2001

Star Forming Region Hubble-X

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010216.html


#HubbleX #NGC6822 #EmissionNebula #StarFormation #Extragalactic #StellarNursery #Space #Astronomy #Cosmology #Astrophysics #Galaxy #Nebula #DeepSpace