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                                  2024 February 2   
      
                        NGC 1893 and the Tadpoles of IC 410   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Sander de Jong   
      
      Explanation: This cosmic view shows off an otherwise faint emission   
      nebula IC 410, captured under clear Netherlands skies with telescope   
      and narrowband filters. Above and right of center you can spot two   
      remarkable inhabitants of the interstellar pond of gas and dust, known   
      as the tadpoles of IC 410. Partly obscured by foreground dust, the   
      nebula itself surrounds NGC 1893, a young galactic cluster of stars.   
      Formed in the interstellar cloud a mere 4 million years ago, the   
      intensely hot, bright cluster stars energize the glowing gas. Globules   
      composed of denser cooler gas and dust, the tadpoles are around 10   
      light-years long and are likely sites of ongoing star formation.   
      Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation their heads are outlined by   
      bright ridges of ionized gas while their tails trail away from the   
      cluster's central young stars. IC 410 and embedded NGC 1893 lie some   
      10,000 light-years away, toward the nebula-rich constellation Auriga.   
      
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