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Astronomy Picture of the Day - T Tauri and Hind's Variable Nebula
APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 10 Feb, 2022 | Image Credit & Copyright: Dawn Lowry, Gian Lorenzo Ferretti, Ewa Pasiak and Terry Felty

Posted on 02/10/2022 3:38:35 PM PST by MtnClimber

Explanation: The star with an orange tint near top center in this dusty telescopic frame is T Tauri, prototype of the class of T Tauri variable stars. Next to it (right) is a yellow cosmic cloud historically known as Hind's Variable Nebula (NGC 1555). About 650 light-years away, at the boundary of the local bubble and the Taurus molecular cloud, both star and nebula are seen to vary significantly in brightness but not necessarily at the same time, adding to the mystery of the intriguing region. T Tauri stars are now generally recognized as young (less than a few million years old), sun-like stars still in the early stages of formation. To further complicate the picture, infrared observations indicate that T Tauri itself is part of a multiple system and suggest that the associated Hind's Nebula may also contain a very young stellar object. The well-composed image spans about 8 light-years at the estimated distance of T Tauri.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
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1 posted on 02/10/2022 3:38:35 PM PST by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 02/10/2022 3:38:49 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; America_Right; AZ .44 MAG; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

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3 posted on 02/10/2022 3:39:26 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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That does look like a “hind” with an angry red sore on one cheek and an angry blue sore on the other.


4 posted on 02/10/2022 3:40:56 PM PST by DannyTN
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I’m seeing some strange stuff in that cloud. Maybe I should start drinking.


5 posted on 02/10/2022 4:07:05 PM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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Or step away from the bong.


6 posted on 02/10/2022 4:23:07 PM PST by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: MtnClimber

Kermit the Cyborg Frog, with a Death Laser embedded over his left eye.


7 posted on 02/10/2022 4:29:02 PM PST by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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To: DannyTN

Urhindus.


8 posted on 02/10/2022 4:36:32 PM PST by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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T Tauri and Hind's Variable Nebula...

You do and you'll clean it up!

9 posted on 02/10/2022 5:06:18 PM PST by Bullish (This is the most bloated and most inept govt in history.)
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There’s that ring I lost!


10 posted on 02/10/2022 5:06:40 PM PST by gloryblaze
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To: DannyTN

Looks like a seal floating upside-down, to me.


11 posted on 02/10/2022 6:05:26 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630; MtnClimber
Here's what I see....
looks like a bike riding pose from behind.
You're welcome.


12 posted on 02/10/2022 6:44:20 PM PST by DannyTN
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Aren’t you clever.


13 posted on 02/10/2022 6:52:30 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: MtnClimber

Looks like an arm with a fist and glowing red rings coming out of a cloud..............


14 posted on 02/11/2022 5:12:36 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: AFB-XYZ

Looks like an Alaskan Brown Bear...to me.


15 posted on 02/12/2022 1:14:42 PM PST by BatGuano (Fauci = Mengele (Angel of Death) + End the IRS)
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