Intense radiation from newly born ultra-bright stars has blown a glowing spherical bubble in the nebula N83B, also known as NGC 1748, according to a release issued jointly by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). A new Hubble telescope image has helped to decipher the complex interplay of gas and radiation of a star-forming region in the nearby galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud.
The image shows just how these massive stars sculpt their environment by generating powerful winds that alter the shape of the parent gaseous nebula.
These processes are also seen in our Milky Way in regions such as the Orion Nebula.
Electronic image files and animation are available at these URLs:
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/2001/11
http://hubble.stsci.edu/go/news
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/latest.html
The Space Telescope Science Institute is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) for NASA, under contract with the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).
[Contact: Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri]
29-Mar-2001
