They are illuminated and heated by a torrent of energetic ultraviolet light from its four hottest and most massive stars, called the Trapezium, which
lie near the center of the image.
The NASA Hubble Space Telescope snapshot is centered on the region around the neutron star (the rightmost of the two bright
stars near the center of this image) and the expanding, tattered, filamentary debris surrounding it.
Near the center of the image, you will see a long - tailed doji (or long - tailed spinning top).