Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aquila (Aql)  ·  Contains:  29 Aql  ·  The star ω2 Aql
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LDN673, Mike Cranfield
LDN673, Mike Cranfield

LDN673

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LDN673, Mike Cranfield
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LDN673

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LDN673 is a complex of interstellar dust in the constellation of Aquila. It blocks out light from thousands of stars in the Sagittarius Arm of our Milky Way. Even those stars not entirely obscured show reddish tinged due to the intervening molecular gas. The dark nebula contains the material from which new stars can be created, examples of energetic outbursts are the Herbig-Haro object HH32 and the patch of nebulosity RN109.

HH32 is formed from a young star that is ejecting material back into interstellar space. Material surrounding the new star spirals towards it, some of this material adds to the star's mass but some is ejected forming a jet of material. This can be seen directed down and right from the star in the image. There is also a less visible jet in the opposite direction.

The image also features a white dwarf star, G218.

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