RCW 79
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rcw-79-198-14576847
title:
RCW 79
text:
RCW 79 is an emission nebula in the constellation Centaurus. A cosmic bubble of gas and dust, RCW 79 has grown to about 70 light-years in diameter, blown by the winds and radiation from hot young stars. Infrared light from the dust embedded in the nebula is tinted red in this false-color view from the Spitzer Space Telescope. A good 17 thousand light-years away in the grand southern constellation Centaurus, the expanding nebula itself has triggered star formation as it plows into the gas and dus
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wiki
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description:
Nebula in the constellation Centaurus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCW_79
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date modified:
2024-02-03T16:47:54Z
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13
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