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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series

I've always had a fascination with the stars in our night skies and enjoyed watching the BBC's recent "Stargazing Live" program. Wanting to share some of the breathtaking beauty to be seen "out there", I've been working on a remix of some of the best shots from Hubble/NASA/ESA.

Gorgeous as they are in their original form I thought that they needed a bit of "lift" and "pop". So I've been reprocessing them, using my artistic vision to bring out what I think is the best in them.

Over the next few posts I'll share some of them with you, starting with this one of the Tadpole Nebula in the Auriga Constellation.

The Tadpole Nebula, Auriga Constellation
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA

The Tadpole Nebula is a star forming hub located about 12,000 light years away in the Auriga constellation.

This nebula is brimming with new-born stars, many as young as only a million years of age. It's called the Tadpole nebula because the masses of hot, young stars are blasting out ultraviolet radiation that has etched the gas into two tadpole-shaped pillars, called Sim 129 and130, the yellow forms that seem to be swimming away from the three red stars close to the centre of the picture.

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Tadpole Nebula, Auriga Constellation Coffee Mugs
by HightonRidley

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