Regular and Large print chart included
Pattern Keeper compatible
This advanced fine-art cross-stitch design, An Extended Stellar Family, was developed from an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. In this image, the swirling landscape of stars is known as the North American nebula. "In visible light, the region resembles North America, but in this new infrared view from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, the continent disappears." The reason you don't see it in Spitzer's view is that infrared light can penetrate dust whereas visible light cannot. "Clusters of young stars (about one million years old) can be found throughout the image. Slightly older but still very young stars (about 3 to 5 million years) are also liberally scattered across the complex, with concentrations near the "head" region of the Pelican nebula, which is located to the right of the North American nebula (upper right portion of this picture)." "Some areas of this nebula are still very thick with dust and appear dark even in Spitzer's view. For example, the dark âriverâ in the lower left-center of the image -- in the Gulf of Mexico region -- are likely to be the youngest stars in the complex (less than a million years old)."
Original image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech
This chart is available in two formats - regular and large print. Once you make your purchase you will have access to both.
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Design Size:
252w x 252h stitches
Types of Stitches:
Full stitches only, no half or quarter stitches, no backstitching
Level of Difficulty:
Advanced
Sewn Design Size:
14 count: 18.00 x 18.00 inches - 457mm x 457mm
18 count: 14.00 x 14.00 inches - 356mm x 356mm
20 count: 12.60 x 12.60 inches - 320mm x 320mm
22 count: 11.45 x 11.45 inches - 291mm x 291mm
Fabric size necessary for design:
Add six inches to both length and width (3" on each side)
Number of floss colors in the design: 69 (DMC cotton floss) No blended colors.
