#pismis

These are a bunch of birthday pieces I made for my fiancée, my brother, and my sister (in that order). These feature their wonderfully designed goddesses and the worlds they watch over, along with an assortment of characters from their own stories.

NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars How massive can a normal star be? Estimates made from distance, brightness and standard solar models had given one star in the open cluster Pismis 24 over 200 times the mass of our Sun, making it one of the most massive stars known. This star is the brightest object located just above the gas front in the featured image. Close inspection of images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope, however, have shown that Pismis 24-1 derives its brilliant luminosity not from a single star but from three at least.Component stars would still remain near 100 solar masses, making them among the moremassive stars currently on record. Toward the bottom of the image, stars are still forming in the associated emission nebulaNGC 6357. Appearing perhaps like a Gothic cathedral, energetic stars near the center appear to be breaking out and illuminating aspectacular cocoon. Image Credit: NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (IAA, Spain); Acknowledgement:Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) Hubble Space Telescope Time And Space

Pismis 24-1 aglomerado de estrelas que abriga duas das mais massivas estrelas da Via Láctea, cada uma com 100x a massa do Sol. . Pismis 24-1 a stellar cluster which harbors two of the most massive stars of the Milky Way, each one 100x more massive than the Sun. . Credit: NASA/Hubble . #nasa #hubble #scorpion #scorpio #escorpiao #astrogram #observatoriog1 #massive #massiva #pismis #astronomia #astronomy

Time And Space

Emission Nebula NGC 6357 & Star Cluster Pismis 24 (center)

The Conqueror Worm, Pismis

New image of the Lobster Nebula with the Pismis - star that has a mass over times that of the Sun