Zeta Ophiuchi Star Waves Material:Stretched Canvas for the faintest

for the faintest

and currently (2010) protected as part of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge

covering the entire southern and northern celestial sphere

This view looks toward the unlit side of the rings from about 17 degrees below the ring plane

Zeta Ophiuchi Star Waves Material:Stretched Canvas for the faintestThe giant star Zeta Ophiuchi is having a "shocking" effect on the surrounding dust clouds in this infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Stellar winds flowing out from this fast moving star are making ripples in the dust as it approaches, creating a bow shock seen as glowing gossamer threads, which, for this star, are only seen in infrared light. Zeta Ophiuchi is a young, large and hot star located around 370 light years away. It dwarfs