Image: Star-forming region S106 (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope)
Description: This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows Sh 2-106, or S106 for short. This is a compact star forming region in the constellation Cygnus (The Swan). A newly-formed star called S106 IR is shrouded in dust at the center of the image, and is responsible for the surrounding gas cloud’s hourglass-like shape and the turbulence visible within. Light from glowing hydrogen is colored blue in this image.
Title: Star-forming region S106 (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope)
Credit: http://spacetelescope.org/images/heic1118a/ (direct link)
Author: NASA & ESA
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