RCW 106 is a sprawling cloud of gas and dust located about 12 000 light-years away in the southern constellation of Norma (The Carpenter’s Square). The region gets its name from being the 106th entry in a catalogue of H II regions in the southern Milky Way. H II regions like RCW 106 are clouds of hydrogen gas that are being ionised by the intense starlight of scorching-hot, young stars, causing them to glow and display weird and wonderful shapes.
Credit ESO, the European Southern Observatory
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1607
Music with thanks to:
Lee Rosevere "Wandering"
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/
and
Jahzzar "XX"
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/
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