NGC 2359: Shlem Tora
15.02.2014 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Eto kosmicheskoe oblako, pohozhee na shlem s kryl'yami, nazyvayut Shlem Tora. Shlem Tora rastyanulsya na 30 svetovyh let — razmer kolossal'nyi, dazhe dlya norvezhskogo boga. Na samom dele shlem — eto mezhzvezdnyi puzyr', razdutyi intensivnym vetrom yarkoi massivnoi zvezdy vnutri okruzhayushego ee molekulyarnogo oblaka.