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Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Protostar within L1527
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 18 Nov, 2022
| Image Credit: Science - NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NIRCam Processing - Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton
Posted on 11/19/2022 6:36:37 AM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: The protostar within dark cloud L1527 is a mere 100,000 years old, still embedded in the cloud of gas and dust that feeds its growth. In this NIRCam image from the James Webb Space Telescope, the dark band at the neck of the infrared nebula is a thick disk that surrounds the young stellar object. Viewed nearly edge-on and a little larger than our Solar System, the disk ultimately supplies material to the protostar while hiding it from Webb's direct infrared view. The nebula itself is seen in stunning detail though. Illuminated by infrared light from the protostar, the hourglass-shaped nebula's cavities are created as material ejected in the star-forming process plows through the surrounding medium. As the protostar gains mass it will eventually become a full-fledged star, collapsing and igniting nuclear fusion in its core. A likely analog to our own Sun and Solar System in their early infancy, the protostar within dark cloud L1527 lies some 460 light-years distant in the Taurus star-forming region. Webb's NIRCam image spans about 0.3 light-years.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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11/19/2022 6:36:52 AM PST
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MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list.
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11/19/2022 6:37:31 AM PST
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MtnClimber
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11/19/2022 6:38:42 AM PST
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EEGator
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Holy poop!! A Great pic!! Is APOD under new management!??
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11/19/2022 6:41:26 AM PST
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sit-rep
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To: EEGator
This is yesterday’s photo. I got delayed by an injury yesterday while cleaning up hurricane damage. I will post today’s photo later.
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11/19/2022 6:46:41 AM PST
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MtnClimber
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Webb continues to amaze! Thanks for posting, and I hope you’re doing ok…
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11/19/2022 6:59:52 AM PST
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telescope115
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Hurricane damage in Colorado?
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posted on
11/19/2022 7:01:47 AM PST
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null and void
(Cujo would have been a very short story if the family owned a gun!)
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11/19/2022 7:05:48 AM PST
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MtnClimber
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11/19/2022 7:06:10 AM PST
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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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A mere 460 light-years away.
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11/19/2022 7:11:31 AM PST
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ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: MtnClimber
Spend much time scaling Britton Hill?
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11/19/2022 7:24:04 AM PST
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null and void
(Cujo would have been a very short story if the family owned a gun!)
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Never climbed Britton Hill. It may be too technical.
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11/19/2022 8:43:55 AM PST
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MtnClimber
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11/19/2022 8:46:03 AM PST
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Lurker
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