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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- In the Vicinity of the Cone Nebula
NASA ^
| August 06, 2013
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 08/06/2013 6:48:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Strange shapes and textures can be found in neighborhood of the Cone Nebula. The unusual shapes originate from fine interstellar dust reacting in complex ways with the energetic light and hot gas being expelled by the young stars. The brightest star on the right of the above picture is S Mon, while the region just below it has been nicknamed the Fox Fur Nebula for its color and structure. The blue glow directly surrounding S Mon results from reflection, where neighboring dust reflects light from the bright star. The red glow that encompasses the whole region results not only from dust reflection but also emission from hydrogen gas ionized by starlight. S Mon is part of a young open cluster of stars named NGC 2264, located about 2500 light years away toward the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros). Even though it points right at S Mon, details of the origin of the mysterious geometric Cone Nebula, visible on the far left, remain a mystery.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; conenebula; foxfurnebula; monoceros; nebula; ngc2264; science; smonocerotis; unicorn
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posted on
08/06/2013 6:48:08 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
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posted on
08/06/2013 6:50:53 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: SunkenCiv
I think it is a searchlight.
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posted on
08/06/2013 6:52:52 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(INFIDEL)
To: SunkenCiv
Is that anywhere near france?
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posted on
08/06/2013 6:53:09 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
To: SunkenCiv
Nice image but I don’t get the cone thing.
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:11:58 PM PDT
by
henkster
(The 0bama regime isn't a train wreck, it's a B 17 raid on the rail yard.)
To: henkster
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:14:43 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(INFIDEL)
To: bigheadfred
It could be a nebula specific to descendants of Aaron.
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:26:01 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: bigheadfred
Then call it the Searchlight Nebula.
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:28:07 PM PDT
by
henkster
(The 0bama regime isn't a train wreck, it's a B 17 raid on the rail yard.)
To: SunkenCiv
LOL now that is funny lenny
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:38:19 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(INFIDEL)
To: henkster; SunkenCiv
no Civ explained it all in post 7 LMAO
To: henkster; bigheadfred
Isn’t that where Dingy Hairy Reid is from?
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:40:17 PM PDT
by
SgtBob
(Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
To: SgtBob
To: bigheadfred
meh, search me, searchlight...no big diff :-)
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:43:46 PM PDT
by
SgtBob
(Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/06/2013 9:07:13 PM PDT
by
jimt
(Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.)
To: SunkenCiv
Looks like a star (or something) is cutting a pretty good wake through the dust, left side, slightly above center.
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08/06/2013 9:19:17 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz......Nuff said.)
To: left that other site
I knew they’d be making an appearance...
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks...another new desktop
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08/06/2013 11:29:57 PM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
To: Yardstick
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08/07/2013 5:13:37 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
To: SunkenCiv
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08/07/2013 5:14:21 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
To: left that other site
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posted on
08/07/2013 5:23:10 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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