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Cat. no. 2003-11

Nebula N44C Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy

Date: Jun-20
Item Type: Painting
Support: Honeycomb Fiberglass
Dimensions: 30 X 24
Agent / Institution: Matteucci Gallery Santa Fe


Nebula N44C, Magellanic Cloud Galaxy. 30 x 24.

The temperature of our sun, which sheds blinding light on us every
day, is 6,000 degrees Kelvin. In this nebula, N44C, astronomers
estimate there are at least four giant stars embedded in a vast cloud
of Helium II gas, which glows magenta, and the visual temperature of
each of these stars is about 75,000 degrees Kelvin. We are observing
the stripped isotopes of helium consisting of two protons covering
light years of space with many stars scattered in the opaque matter.
The entire galaxy is being sucked into our Milky Way nebula and is
visible in the southern hemisphere. Regardless of the scale at which
we view it, our universe appears beautiful.

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