Soaring through space

Vikas Chander from Delhi, India The Seagull Nebula spans the constellations of Canis Major and Monoceros. Its head is the emission nebula IC 2177 and its broad, billowing wings are part of Sharpless 2–296. Note the bow shock around the star FN Canis Majoris, which forms as the star plows through surrounding gas, like theContinue reading “Soaring through space”
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