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Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Lagoon Nebula without Stars
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 8 Aug, 2022
| Image Credit & Copyright: Sameer Dhar
Posted on 08/08/2022 12:26:00 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Ridges of glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds inhabit the turbulent, cosmic depths of the Lagoon Nebula. Also known as M8, the bright star forming region is about 5,000 light-years distant. But it still makes for a popular stop on telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius, toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Dominated by the telltale red emission of ionized hydrogen atoms recombining with stripped electrons, this stunning, deep view of the Lagoon is nearly 100 light-years across. Right of center, the bright, compact, hourglass shape is gas ionized and sculpted by energetic radiation and extreme stellar winds from a massive young star. In fact, although digitally removed from the featured image, the many bright stars of open cluster NGC 6530 drift within the nebula, just formed in the Lagoon several million years ago.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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To: MtnClimber
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:26:24 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Neither your link nor your image is working.
Am I to assume that without stars there’s nothing to see?
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:28:38 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: MtnClimber
The photo does not seem to be posting. Please see the link to view it.
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:29:37 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: DannyTN
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:30:06 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; America_Right; AZ .44 MAG; ...
Pinging the APOD list.
🪐 🌟 🌌 🍔
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:30:40 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: Red Badger
Oh thanks, that clears things up.
Clear as mud.
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:31:09 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: DannyTN
It is no longer working for me either. It may be a problem with the NASA site that may be resolved later. I hope Brandon has not taken over.
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:33:08 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: DannyTN
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:34:19 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: MtnClimber
Bill Nelson is running NASA now....................
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:34:48 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: DannyTN
Seems to be working now. Must be those darned Klingons.
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:34:52 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Reminds me of flying monkeys in the sky, in The Wizard of Oz...
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:35:57 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: MtnClimber
No photo in your post, the data field is vacant. So I reposted the photo:
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:36:23 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(ObamaFascism:https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: DannyTN
Looks like the Outermost Void. Good place for certain politicians and other evildoers to go, yes?
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:36:26 PM PDT
by
AFB-XYZ
(Stand up, or bend over)
To: Jamestown1630
The NASA website must have flying monkeypox.
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:37:37 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
It’s showinng in post 2 now.
I didn’t take the stars, I don’t know anyone who would.
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:38:50 PM PDT
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DannyTN
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:41:23 PM PDT
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DannyTN
To: AFB-XYZ
Good place for certain politicians and other evildoers to go, yes?Yes and the sooner the better.
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:43:00 PM PDT
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DannyTN
To: DannyTN
I didn’t take the stars, I don’t know anyone who would./i> The IRS took them. They said God was late paying his taxes.
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posted on
08/08/2022 12:49:56 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Getting a little high and mighty, are they?
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posted on
08/08/2022 1:41:17 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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