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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Dust Clouds of the Pacman Nebula
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 10 Aug, 2022
| Image Credit & Copyright: Douglas J. Struble (Future World Media)
Posted on 08/10/2022 2:36:05 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Stars can create huge and intricate dust sculptures from the dense and dark molecular clouds from which they are born. The tools the stars use to carve their detailed works are high energy light and fast stellar winds. The heat they generate evaporates the dark molecular dust as well as causing ambient hydrogen gas to disperse and glow red. Pictured here, a new open cluster of stars designated IC 1590 is nearing completion around the intricate interstellar dust structures in the emission nebula NGC 281, dubbed the Pac-man Nebula because of its overall shape. The dust cloud on the upper left is classified as a Bok Globule as it may gravitationally collapse and form a star -- or stars. The Pacman Nebula lies about 10,000 light years away toward the constellation of Cassiopeia.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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08/10/2022 2:36:23 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list.
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08/10/2022 2:37:01 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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Borrrring
Point Webb at the moon
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08/10/2022 2:39:26 PM PDT
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Az Joe
(Biden & ChiComs are the enemy, not Putin.)
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08/10/2022 2:42:35 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Is that a hairball he has in his mouth?
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08/10/2022 2:53:04 PM PDT
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DannyTN
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This was 5 seconds later...
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08/10/2022 2:57:00 PM PDT
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DannyTN
To: Az Joe
Why? Webb is a million miles out in space. We have stuff (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) already over the moon taking closer-up shots.
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08/10/2022 3:10:31 PM PDT
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Az Joe
(Biden & ChiComs are the enemy, not Putin.)
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08/10/2022 3:19:01 PM PDT
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moovova
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Speaking of nebula...Here is what my big 10" can do... M42 Nebula, better known as the Orion Nebula, at about 1300 light years distance. I shot this a while back, but recently reprocessed the data.
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08/10/2022 4:30:39 PM PDT
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dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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08/10/2022 4:34:39 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: Az Joe
Point Webb at Erf. I want to see if there is intelligent life there.
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08/10/2022 4:35:49 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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