NGC 6727

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/ngc-6727

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1. What is the object classification?Emission and Reflection Nebula
2. What is the galactic location?Constellation Sagittarius, within the Milky Way's Sagittarius Arm
3. Why does NGC 6727 look both red and blue?The red light comes from hydrogen gas glowing after being hit by ultraviolet light from young stars, while the blue light is produced when dust scatters the stars' light.
4. How do new stars form inside NGC 6727?Dense parts of the gas collapse under gravity, heat up, and become protostars that grow by pulling in more material.

Interstellar Medium (ISM): The matter and radiation that exist between the star systems in a galaxy.
Young Stellar Object (YSO): A star in the early stages of formation, still accreting mass from its parent cloud.
Nucleosynthesis: The process by which new atomic nuclei are created within stars and supernovae.
Accretion Disk: A rotating disk of matter formed by the gravitational pull of a central body, common around protostars.