Daily Telescope: A bright nebula in a one-horned constellation

Good morning. It’s February 8, and as we speak’s photograph comes from the skies over Arizona.

This is a picture of NGC 2170, the reddish nebula in the middle of the body. It is a massive space of cosmic mud that’s reflecting the sunshine of bright, close by stars. There are different nebulae and bright stars in this picture, all of which mix to provide this picture its colourful look.

The nebula may be discovered in the constellation Monoceros—which implies “one-horned,” versus the extra generally used rhinoceros, which implies “nose-horned.”

The picture comes from Mel Martin, who has a nice assortment of astrophotography on his web site.

Source: Mel Martin

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