Latest Pic:: 27/11/2008

NGC 896
Credit:: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT) & Giovanni Anselmi (Coelum)

圖為編號NGC 896的星雲，暗黑星雲的塵埃與氣體成為了恆星誕生的原材料，新生的大質量藍色恆星放出輻射使氫氣發出紅光。

Caption:: The dark nebulae composed of gas and dust provide the raw material for the star formation process. After becoming free of their natal shroud, the most massive stars, blue and hot, emit radiations causing the red glow of the hydrogen gas.