VRML "close-up" of hydrogen in a subregion of the Ursa Major Molecular Cloud

Title:

Publisher:

NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library

Source:

https://web.archive.org/web/19971210182425/http://imagelib.ncsa.uiuc.edu/imagelib/VRMLHighlights.html

Library:

Games

Tags:

Educational
3D
Science

Platform:

VRML

Play Mode:

Single Player

Status:

Playable

Language:

English

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