PacMan Nebula: How REAL stars are born!

Hi folks, thanks for supporting me right up to 20K subscribers. I really appreciated that! In this somewhat artistic video (ahem) I'll first explain how I made the picture by integrating 9h of narrowband data with infrared and x-ray data from the Chandra and Spitzer telescope to create this picture. I then move on to show why nebulas in space are so important. The PacMan nebula harbors many newborn stars that are actively being surveyed and studied by professional astronomers (e.g. Kim et al, 2021) to better understand the birth and early formation of newborn stars and planets.

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Wido - AstroForum.

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Beautiful Places - Simon Wester
This is our home - Clemens Ruh

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[Westlake]

Great intro song & congrats on your 20K! 👍🏻👍🏻

[darthmarvin]

Very nice project! Well done. Chandra really deserves more attention. There are so many nice pictures that combine data from Chandra and Hubble.

[thefourgrapples]

Very nice Wido, I really liked this video.

[cbc]

Wow. The most beautiful Pacman I have ever seen. I like the thousands of colours.

[avt_astro]

Amazing Video wido wow this is Very fascinating and Intresting to watch! Enjoyed The Video Very Much!

[lukesastro]

Just Beautiful, congrats in reaching 20K!

[mrdjango]

What to do when it’s cloudy 🌥? You make a wonderful/beautiful star movie.
Congrats with 20k and keep on going Wido, so you make us happy 😃
Grtz/ Groetjes Django 😎

[astrotimetraveller]

Wow…..wow….that really got my attention. Really like this very different style, but informative video, beautiful image, kind regards Ian

[wooddogg]

Very entertaining video, the integration of Chandra and Spitzer data with your own was a really cool idea, I enjoyed it! Nice looking PacMan too! And congratulations on 20K, hey!😎

[Boekoe]

Ah the beginning explains why I had delays with the NS. The picture is insane well done! Love the small graphical and information on the sides.

[perry]

Absolutely breathtaking. Excellent presentation. Congrats on 20k!

[AstroQuest]

Fabulous image Wido. I did think you could just combine the data. Excellent idea! Congrats on the 20K as well. - Cheers Kurt

[altrsky]

Great Video and awesome Composition!! Epic!!

[briankotak]

Stunning! Congrats Wido. What an achievement. Dr B from Manitoba, 🇨🇦

[dumpydalekobservatory]

Very interesting video & congratulations on your 20K.

[darthmarvin]

Congratulations for having this picture featured on Astronomy Picture of the Day!

[martynh]

Yes, extremely nice image and well made video with nice informative points. Congrats on the APOD too! Now I’m going to watch the movie “A Star is Born” 😆

[anthonygraham]

I really enjoy your creativity and humor. Do you send your shirts to the US.

[Christina]

Gratulation for the Nasa APOD! :) Great picture!