WISE captures the cosmic rosebud bloom

The rosebud-like halo surrounding the hot young stars consists of dust that is heated by the stars. The leaf-like green mist embraces the cluster, sealing the ends of the compressed dust cloud. The green substance is composed of hydrocarbon, a substance that can be found on the surface of the earth, in exhaust pipes, barbecue devices, or any other place where combustion occurs

An infrared image from NASA's WISE Big Sky Survey shows a cosmic rose spark glowing in the light of new stars. The stars, called the Berkeley 59 cluster, are the blue dots in the center of the image. They emerge from the cloud of dust in which they were created, and are only a million years old, which is a young age by cosmic standards.

The rosebud-like halo surrounding the hot young stars consists of dust that is heated by the stars. The leaf-like green mist embraces the cluster, sealing the ends of the compressed dust cloud. The green substance consists of hydrocarbon, a substance that can be found on the surface of a car, in exhaust pipes, barbecue devices, or any other place where combustion occurs.

The red sources within the green nebula indicate a second generation of stars forming within the maternity cloud, possibly as a result of heating and compression of the younger stars. The remnants of the supernova NGC 7822 are also in the area, indicating that a massive star erupted and changed the structure of the cloud into its shape. The blue, twinkling dots are older stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

Berkeley59 and NGC-7822 are located in the constellation Cepheus at a distance of about 3300 light years from the Earth.

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