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RCW 75

RCW 75 is an emission nebula in the Centaurus constellation, around 6500 light years from earth.

 

The spectacular mountainlike structures throughout are the results of the presence of open cluster Stock 16 (the massive blue stars spread throughout). The powerful stellar winds from these stars is essentially interacting with the interstellar gas/dust and "carving" out said structures.

 

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Uploaded on March 11, 2022