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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- In Wolf's Cave
NASA ^ | November 19, 2011 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 11/19/2011 12:44:59 AM PST by SunkenCiv

Explanation: The mysterious blue reflection nebula found in catalogs as VdB 152 or Ced 201 really is very faint. It lies at the tip of the long dark nebula Barnard 175 in a dusty complex that has also been called Wolf's Cave. The cosmic apparitions are nearly 1,400 light-years away along the northern Milky Way in the royal constellation Cepheus. Near the edge of a large molecular cloud, pockets of interstellar dust in the region block light from background stars or scatter light from the embedded bright star giving the the nebula its characteristic blue color. Ultraviolet light from the star is also thought to cause a dim reddish luminescence in the nebular dust. Though stars do form in molecular clouds, this star seems to have only accidentally wandered into the area, as its measured velocity through space is very different from the cloud's velocity. This deep telescopic image of the region spans about 7 light-years.

November 19, 2011

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; cepheus; science
[Credit & Copyright: Jerry Lodriguss (Catching the Light)]

1 posted on 11/19/2011 12:45:02 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
Poll: Which of October's APODs should be the APOM?

2 posted on 11/19/2011 12:50:01 AM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv
...this star seems to have only accidentally wandered into the area...

That sort of thing is always happening to me, too: Wandering into clouds or wolf's caves in space, light-years away from where I am expected to be!

But the Lord delivers me from all these things, and makes me radiant as a star!

3 posted on 11/19/2011 2:18:49 AM PST by .30Carbine
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To: SunkenCiv

NASA Probe Offers Do-It-Yourself Imagery (plus raw data and a free program to deal with their KITS format).

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/Deep-sky-with-EPOXI-133979233.html

I see if I can figure it out today but I couldn’t install the required program last night.


4 posted on 11/19/2011 3:55:02 AM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Wolf’s cave? Isn’t a People Cave that a wolf wandered into and became a domesticated DAWG!


5 posted on 11/19/2011 4:46:10 AM PST by left that other site (Psalm 122:6)
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To: SunkenCiv

Reminds me of smoke coming up from a lit cigarette. I don’t see a wolf or a cave. Super cool picture though.


6 posted on 11/19/2011 5:51:58 AM PST by momtothree
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