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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- M16: Pillars of Star Creation
NASA ^
| Sunday, April 24, 2016
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 04/24/2016 7:22:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. This image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995, shows evaporating gaseous globules (EGGs) emerging from pillars of molecular hydrogen gas and dust. The giant pillars are light years in length and are so dense that interior gas contracts gravitationally to form stars. At each pillars' end, the intense radiation of bright young stars causes low density material to boil away, leaving stellar nurseries of dense EGGs exposed. The Eagle Nebula, associated with the open star cluster M16, lies about 7000 light years away. The pillars of creation were imaged again in 2007 by the orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope in infrared light, leading to the conjecture that the pillars may already have been destroyed by a local supernova, but light from that event has yet to reach the Earth.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; m16; science
[Image Credit: J. Hester, P. Scowen (ASU), HST, NASA ]
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posted on
04/24/2016 7:22:41 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; disndat; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
The Big One
I didn't look, but I'm certain M16 has appeared on APoD a number of times.
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posted on
04/24/2016 7:23:37 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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posted on
04/24/2016 7:25:00 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
It has...but I never tire of it! :-)
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posted on
04/24/2016 7:35:59 AM PDT
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: left that other site
It has...but I never tire of it! :-)So how many stars has it made in the meantime?
I'm waiting... ;)
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posted on
04/24/2016 7:56:02 AM PDT
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Does so
(Vote for Hillary...Stay Home...==8-O)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/24/2016 8:18:04 AM PDT
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jmacusa
("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
To: Does so; left that other site; SunkenCiv
Looks slimmer than last time. Has it lost weight?
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/24/2016 8:44:09 AM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Donald Trump - Simple solutions for the simple minded...)
To: Does so
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posted on
04/24/2016 8:52:22 AM PDT
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Larry Lucido
I want to know its secret! :-)
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posted on
04/24/2016 8:52:45 AM PDT
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: left that other site
I’m sure it involves the expulsion of a lot of hot flaming gas. :)
To: Larry Lucido
Michael Moore is up there? ((((SHUDDER))))
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04/24/2016 4:39:28 PM PDT
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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