Tadpoles of IC 410

Dense, comet-shaped pillars of gas and dust within the emission nebula IC 410 in the constellation Auriga. These 'tadpoles' are being shaped by stellar winds and radiation and are potential sites of new star formation.

Source: apod.nasa.gov

APODs including "Tadpoles of IC 410"

Gum 37 and the Southern Tadpoles

28/04/2025

NGC 1893 and the Tadpoles of IC 410

02/02/2024

NGC 3572 and the Southern Tadpoles

06/05/2022

The Tadpoles of IC 410

18/06/2020

NGC 3572 and the Southern Tadpoles

08/11/2019

The Tadpoles of IC 410

24/01/2018