Friday, September 19, 2014

IC 4603: Reflection Nebula in Ophiuchius

This picture is just beautiful to look at, almost resembling low-opacity clouds or almost like cigarrete smoke. However, this is not the case this is a picture the dust and mass amounts of carbon in them that are released when a star dies. The location of this picture is in the middle of the nebula IC 4603. The shining bright blue star you can see is part of the constellation Opiuchius and is named Antares. The blue light is actually very important in marking out the dust so you are able to see the other stars, making the picture just more fantatastic to look at.