Chris Lintott’s Universe

January 12th, 2006

Which came first?

Posted by Chris in Uncategorized

Just about to go back to the summit to film sunrise, but had to share UKIRT’s image of the chicken nebula. An imposing presence, especially when I kept catching his/her gaze out the corner of my eye while trying to conduct an interview.

However, as this is a region in which stars are forming and the Egg Nebula is a planetary (marking the end of a Sun-like star’s life) we can definitively conclude that the chicken does come before the egg.

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