Wallpaper author:
Philip Yates
02 Jan 2023
SH2 284
From CHI 1 . Sh2-284 is a giant HII region. Inside of it is an open star cluster, whose light is energizing the hydrogen gas in the nebula. Stellar winds from the star cluster are clearing out the center of the nebula, giving it a distinctive hollow spherical shape.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Sh 2-284
6 credit