Title:
VRML "close-up" of hydrogen in a subregion of the Ursa Major Molecular Cloud
Publisher:
NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library
Source:
https://web.archive.org/web/19971210182425/http://imagelib.ncsa.uiuc.edu/imagelib/VRMLHighlights.html
Date Added:
7/8/2022, 2:43:17 AM
Date Modified:
4/26/2023, 9:28:17 PM
Original Description:
This study illustrates how two chemical components are distributed differently within an interstellar cloud. Observations show that the neutral atomic hydrogen gas is distributed throughout the bulk of the cloud, while carbon monoxide (CO) gas is confined to denser filaments within the larger cloud.
ID:
96e7c023-cef5-4cb4-ade3-a823cabe0645