Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)
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LDN1147 - Scorpion Nebula, Miroslav Horvat
LDN1147 - Scorpion Nebula
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LDN1147 - Scorpion Nebula

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LDN1147 - Scorpion Nebula, Miroslav Horvat
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LDN1147 - Scorpion Nebula

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Is there anyone there?Yes! Dark scorpion. A dark nebula or dark cloud is a part of a molecular cloud that is so dense with hydrogen and dust particles that even light cannot escape it. Therefore, dark and cold darkness cannot be observed directly in visible light, but we can in radio or infrared radiation. In this way, very young stars, in front of the main sequence, and hundreds of different types of molecules can be detected, including water (H2O), ammonia (NH3), ethyl alcohol (C2H5OH) and even sugar and amino acids such as glycine (C2H5NO2), which forms the basis of life. Star formation takes place exclusively within molecular clouds, and observations have shown that they are located primarily in the disk of spiral galaxies and active regions of irregular galaxies. Thanks to the stars located in front of and near the dark nebula and the illuminated gas emitted by newborn stars or Herbig-Haro objects, we can record and observe interesting dark shapes that remind us of living, sometimes dangerous creatures on Earth, in this case, a scorpion. However, we don't have to fear this scorpion, no matter how dark and vicious it is, because it is located in the deep cold universe, in the constellation Cepheus, at a sufficient distance of 600 light years from us. These dark scorpion-shaped clouds are composed of dark molecular clouds, some of which are listed in the LDN (1147, 1148, 1155, 1158, 1137, 1152) and some in the LBN catalog (448), along with more protostars or Herbig–Haro objects. (HH 215, 415, 315, 375, 376) who manage to break out of the pitch darkness. In the far right part of the photo, the dark part of the cloud that looks like the entrance to the hole is illuminated by the HH object 214, i.e. the protostar PV Cephei (seen as a reddish dot), which ejects two jets of gas and dust in opposite directions. This resulting nebula is called the Gyulbudaghian Nebula. In the lower part, the small orange semicircle is the nebula illuminated by HH object 376. It is certainly a big challenge to photograph such dark objects, because firstly you cannot see what you are photographing and you can only hope that the seeing, as well as all other conditions for recording, will allow you enough photons captured on the sensor of your camera to detect the desired deep part of the universe, and secondly that you will to manage to extract from the darkness the silhouette of a hidden object from which new forms of life could emerge.

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