Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Vela (Vel)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2547
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Open Cluster NGC 2547 ... blue, bright, young and hot!, Herbert Walter
Open Cluster NGC 2547 ... blue, bright, young and hot!
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Open Cluster NGC 2547 ... blue, bright, young and hot!

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Open Cluster NGC 2547 ... blue, bright, young and hot!, Herbert Walter
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Open Cluster NGC 2547 ... blue, bright, young and hot!

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Few bright stars form the constellation Vela, which lies in direct line in front of the band of our Milky Way as seen from Earth. This explains that there are many, many stars and gas nebulae in this image. This scenery shows gas clouds from which young stars are formed. Young means about 20-30 million years old for the stars of NGC 2547 (for comparison, our Sun has an age of 4600 million years). Young stars are hot and bright and have a blue color.

ExposureL 42 / R 76 / G 71 / B 71 x 60s (4h20m)
Image acquisition by Martin Junius
Image processing by Herbert Walter

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    Open Cluster NGC 2547 ... blue, bright, young and hot!, Herbert Walter
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Title: Galaxies in the background

Description: Visible among the bright stars far in the background are many distant galaxies.

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Open Cluster NGC 2547 ... blue, bright, young and hot!, Herbert Walter