We finally had a clear night on Monday so the telescope was out. This time it was the Firebird Nebula. This is a star forming nebula, and is sculpted by the massive, young stars that have recently formed there – some are only a few million years old. This spark of formation was probably caused when the last batch of stars went supernova. Again I am amazed that I can get this image from the backyard in Melbourne.
It was clear again on Tuesday so the target was the Prawn Nebula, another star forming region of the Milky Way about 6000 light years away.
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