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Star Forming Region
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b045be8f-46ed-47b3-968e-813b13503c53/67F23937-235E-4A7D-BC8B-6D9707D85E82/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0804/ngc3582_noao_big.jpg" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0804/ngc3582_noao_big.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0804/ngc3582_noao_big.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/img/FDA44C3A-933A-49AC-B5DA-5C9473E646E8" alt="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0804/ngc3582_noao_big.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191011" href="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191011" style="font-size: 11px;">www.coolscifi.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191011"><DIV> <B> Explanation: </B> What's happening in the NGC 3582 nebula? <A target="_blank" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031227.html">Bright stars</A> and <A target="_blank" href="http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=841&content_id=WPCP_008721&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1">interesting molecules</A> are forming. The <A target="_blank" href="http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/nebulae/ngc3576.html">complex nebula</A> resides in the star forming region called RCW 57. Visible in <A target="_blank" href="http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/ im1041.html">this image</A> are dense knots of <A target="_blank" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050110.html">dark interstellar dust</A>, bright stars that have formed in the past few million years, fields of <A target="_blank" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/emission nebulae.html">glowing hydrogen gas</A> ionized by these stars, and <A target="_blank" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990503.html">great loop</A>s of gas expelled by dying stars. A <A target="_blank" href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006A%26A...450..253M">recent detailed study of NGC 3582</A> uncovered at least 33 massive stars in the end stages of formation, and the clear presence of the complex carbon molecules known as <A target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycyclic_aromatic_hydrocarbons">polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons</A> (PAHs). 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