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Membrane
MemberFacehuggerMar-22-2012 7:55 AMI was wondering if there may be any connection between the hole in the dust/clouds that Prometheus is headed towards in the new picture revealed on Project Prometheus yesterday and V380 Orionis and NGC 1999.
From Project Prometheus
[img]http://www.projectprometheus.com/eridu/img/tas.jpg[/img]
V380 Orionis and the reflection nebula NGC 1999,
photo: NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team
[img]http://www.constellation-guide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/V380-Orionis-and-NGC-1999.jpg[/img]
From [url=http://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/orion-constellation/]this website[/url]
V380 Orionis is a triple star system that lights the reflection nebula NGC 1999, located near the Orion Nebula.
The nebula has a huge hole of empty space appearing as a black patch in its central region. The reason why the patch appears black has not yet been determined, but one theory suggests that narrow jets of gas from the neighbouring young stars may have punctured the sheet of dust and gas in the nebula and strong radiation from an older star in the region may have helped create the hole.
The nebula lies about 1,500 light years from Earth.
V380 Orionis belongs to the spectral type A0 and is approximately 1,000 light years distant.
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