Planetary disk
around the star Beta Pictoris. This is an operating star, with
a disk around it that is seen edge on. (Bottom picture is from
an Earth based telescope. Top picture is from the HST.)
Gas clouds in M16. UV light
from hot stars off the picture at the top is making the clouds evaporate.
(The leftmost pillar is about 60,000 AU long).
Gas clouds in M16.
Note the Evaporating Gaseous Globules (EGGs). Inside some of the EGGs,
stars are forming.
Gas clouds in M16.
Closer view of the EGGs. Each "fingertip" is somewhat larger than our
own solar
system.
Davison E. Soper, Institute of Theoretical Science,
University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403 USA
soper@bovine.uoregon.edu
