# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B4TCgIepWaP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11734330-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-10-31T21:21:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

It takes more than a candle to light this cosmic pumpkin. 🎃  In this infrared image from our NASA_Spitzer Space Telescope, a massive star in the center of a cloud of dust and gas creates what researchers have nicknamed the "Jack-o-lantern Nebula." ⁣
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Powerful outflows of radiation and particles from a massive star — known as an O-type star and about 15 to 20 times heavier than the Sun — has likely swept the surrounding dust and gas outward, creating deep gouges in the cloud.  The red wavelength is more pronounced in this high-contrast image, highlighting contours in the dust as well as the densest regions of the nebula, which appear brightest. ⁣
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Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech⁣
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#halloween #spitzerspacetelescope #cosmic #pumpkin #jackolantern #nebula⁣

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