Bok globule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Bok globule is a dark cloud of dense dust and gas in which star formation sometimes takes place. Bok globules are found within H II regions, and typically have a mass of about 2 to 50 solar masses...
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Globule can refer to: • Bok globule • Molten globuleGlobule (CDN) • Drop (liquid) • Antibubbles of liquid on top of a surface of liquid Globule Globulė Глобула
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And determining the distance to individual regions of a Bok globule using indirect methods seems like it'd be a long way off too. ... What's the difference between a Bok globule and Thackeray's globules which Hubble found some years back?
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also known as Bok globule after Bart Bok who first drew attention to them and suspected they might be protostars. Their exact status, however, remains unclear.
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Explanation: The dark spots in the above picture are not photographic defects but an unusual type of interstellar cloud known as a Bok globule.
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This view of the dark cloud B68, a so-called Bok globule, is a false-colour composite based on a visible (here rendered as blue), a near-infrared (green) and an infrared (red) image. Since the light from stars behind the cloud is only visible at the longest (infrared) wavelengths, they appear red.
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Astronomer A.D. Thackeray first spied the globules in IC 2944 in 1950. Globules like these have been known since Dutch-American astronomer Bart Bok first drew attention to such objects in 1947.
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The Planetarium On The Playa (or my Bok Globule saga) ... I then spent a couple hours Tuesday night painting a sign for Bok Globule, despite the steady gusts. I was actually able to use the consistant wind to secure the art to the side of one of our cars!
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Explanation: The dark spots in the above picture are not photographic defects but an unusual type of interstellar cloud known as a Bok globule.
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