Daily Telescope: A monster protostar in a distant nebula

Good morning. It's January 11, and today's image shows a diffuse nebula known as NGC 7538, located in the constellation Valencia.

Located about 9,000 light-years from Earth, this nebula is an active star formation region and produces a large amount of hydrogen, which is shown in this image. The nebula contains a shockingly large protostar, Astronomers estimateIt is about 300 times larger than our solar system and has the mass of 2,000 suns. Even with the development of astronomical objects, this is huge.

Paul Buckley submitted today's photo, which he took from the backyard of his home in Elma, New York, which is located near Buffalo. The photo was taken during the first three days of last September. This image represents 100 six-minute narrow-band images and 50 two-minute RGB images using the 9.25-inch Celestron Edge HD telescope.

I think it's beautiful.

Source: Paul Buckley

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