Mississippi River Pandora's Cluster Visible in small telescopes and

Visible in small telescopes and binoculars its fuzzy glow reveals the type of chaotic environment where new stars are born

consisting of stars and gas that stretch out more than 280

with intense ultraviolet light and strong stellar winds as brushes

the glowing shroud around a dying Sun-like star

Mississippi River Pandora's Cluster Visible in small telescopes andSmall, blocky shapes of towns, fields, and pastures surround the graceful swirls and whorls of the Mississippi River. Countless oxbow lakes and cutoffs accompany the meandering river south of Memphis, Tennessee, on the border between Arkansas and Mississippi, USA. The "mighty Mississippi" is the largest river system in North America. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center USGS