Stardust in Aries
In this photograph, stardust is sprawled out over about 2 degrees of the sky. It is located near the constellation Aries and the plane of the Milky Way. There is also a beautiful light blue nebula, van den Bergh 13, captured in this picture, which is estimated to be about 1,000 light years away. This means that over 30 light years were captured in the width of this photograph! Several other dark, dusty nebulae, such as vdB 16, are scattered across the canvas. How amazing to be able to capture so much in a single picture!
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