Astronomy Picture of the Day - The NGC 6914 Complex

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 7 Jul, 2022 | Image Credit & Copyright: Giorgio Ferrari

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: A study in contrasts, this colorful skyscape features stars, dust, and glowing gas in the vicinity of NGC 6914. The interstellar complex of nebulae lies some 6,000 light-years away, toward the high-flying northern constellation Cygnus and the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. Obscuring interstellar dust clouds appear in silhouette while reddish hydrogen emission nebulae, along with the dusty blue reflection nebulae, fill the cosmic canvas. Ultraviolet radiation from the massive, hot, young stars of the extensive Cygnus OB2 association ionize the region's atomic hydrogen gas, producing the characteristic red glow as protons and electrons recombine. Embedded Cygnus OB2 stars also provide the blue starlight strongly reflected by the dust clouds. The over 1 degree wide telescopic field of view spans about 100 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 6914.

[MtnClimber]

Note: NASA posted today's photo under yesterday's title by mistake, and they posted it yesterday. Rather than post the same photo today, I am posting yesterday's title with the correct photo. They have fixed their listing, so the photos now match the titles. I am posting yesterday's photo under the correct title rather than posting the photo for today that was posted yesterday under the wrong title. The titles are the same, but today's photo is correct Confused yet?

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[MtnClimber]

[MtnClimber]

Pinging the APOD list.

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[Telepathic Intruder]

"I am posting yesterday's photo under the correct title rather than posting the photo for today that was posted yesterday under the wrong title."

Too funny, a definite rival for the classic:

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

Oh, nice picture, btw.

[DannyTN]

[MtnClimber]

That is fugly!

[DannyTN]

Yeah, my first thought was turtle, but then ol’ snakehead fit the bill.

[Jamestown1630]

Rather than post the same photo today, I am posting yesterday's title with the correct photo...I am posting yesterday's photo under the correct title rather than posting the photo for today that was posted yesterday under the wrong title. The titles are the same, but today's photo is correct Confused yet?

Who's on first?

[Red Badger]

I see a huge dog’s head........................