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                                 2022 May 6
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                     NGC 3572 and the Southern Tadpoles
                Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Carlos Taylor

   Explanation: [5]This cosmic skyscape features glowing gas and dark dust
   clouds along side the young stars of [6]NGC 3572. A beautiful emission
   nebula and star cluster it sails [7]far southern skies within the
   nautical constellation Carina. Stars from NGC 3572 are toward top
   center in the telescopic frame that would measure about 100 light-years
   across at the cluster's estimated distance of 9,000 light-years. The
   visible interstellar gas and dust is part of the star cluster's natal
   molecular cloud. Dense streamers of material within the nebula, eroded
   by stellar winds and radiation, clearly trail away from the energetic
   young stars. They are likely sites of ongoing star formation with
   shapes reminiscent of the [8]Tadpoles of IC 410 better known to
   northern skygazers. In the coming tens to hundreds of millions of
   years, gas and stars in the cluster will be dispersed though, by
   gravitational tides and by violent [9]supernova explosions that end the
   short lives of the massive cluster stars.

                  Tomorrow's picture: firefall by moonlight
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