Thursday, 12 June 2025

Far Out


The star cluster Pismis 24 lies within the much larger emission nebula called NGC 6357, located about 8,000 light-years from Earth. The gas below the stars glows through ionization caused by intense ultraviolet radiation from the massive young stars within the cluster. via NASA https://ift.tt/0ogVB3w
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