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Star Formation Region NGC 6559 | Steward Observatory

Star Formation Region NGC 6559 | Steward Observatory

NGC 6559 is an object that showcases the anarchy that reigns when stars form inside an interstellar cloud. This region of sky includes glowing red clouds of mostly hydrogen gas, blue regions where starlight is being reflected from tiny particles of dust and also dark regions where the dust is thick and opaque.

Distance: about 5,000 light-years


Image Credit & Copyright: Mount Lemmon SkyCenter, University of Arizona

Image Date: June 2009


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