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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Cygnus: Bubble and Crescent
NASA ^
| 4 Sep, 2023
| Credit & Copyright: Abdullah Al-Harbi
Posted on 09/04/2023 1:14:40 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: As stars die, they create clouds. Two stellar death clouds of gas and dust can be found toward the high-flying constellation of the Swan (Cygnus) as they drift through rich star fields in the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. Caught here within the telescopic field of view are the Soap Bubble (lower left) and the Crescent Nebula (upper right). Both were formed at the final phase in the life of a star. Also known as NGC 6888, the Crescent Nebula was shaped as its bright, central massive Wolf-Rayet star, WR 136, shed its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind. Burning through fuel at a prodigious rate, WR 136 is near the end of a short life that should finish in a spectacular supernova explosion. Discovered in 2013, the Soap Bubble Nebula is likely a planetary nebula, the final shroud of a lower mass, long-lived, Sun-like star destined to become a slowly cooling white dwarf. Both stellar nebulas are about 5,000 light-years distant, with the larger Crescent Nebula spanning about 25 light-years across. Within a few million years, both will likely have dispersed.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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posted on
09/04/2023 1:14:56 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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posted on
09/04/2023 1:15:39 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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Reminds me of the Space Amoeba from the original Star Trek.
To: MtnClimber
What kind of jellyfish is that?
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posted on
09/04/2023 1:23:03 PM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
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posted on
09/04/2023 1:30:22 PM PDT
by
null and void
(I always love a good argument, even when you’re wrong };^P>)
To: Ronaldus Magnus III
"Reminds me of the Space Amoeba from the original Star Trek."
To: null and void
I sure didn’t see that one coming ;)
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posted on
09/04/2023 1:41:57 PM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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posted on
09/04/2023 2:04:13 PM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: MtnClimber
Looks like images from the early 70s movie with Rachel Welch — Fantastic voyage. Albeit the trip was into the blood stream.
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posted on
09/04/2023 2:10:31 PM PDT
by
cowboyusa
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To: MtnClimber
Pretty cool. Lots ‘o stuff going on in that part of the sky.
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posted on
09/04/2023 2:26:58 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: ComputerGuy
I sure didn’t see that one coming ;)
No one ever sees a starfish* coming...
*NSFW
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posted on
09/04/2023 3:33:59 PM PDT
by
null and void
(I always love a good argument, even when you’re wrong };^P>)
To: MtnClimber
Odd there are 2 near each other.
Maybe a space war going on....
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posted on
09/04/2023 5:27:11 PM PDT
by
minnesota_bound
(Need more money to buy everything now)
To: Ronaldus Magnus III
Reminds me of the Space Amoeba from the original Star Trek. Beat me to it. Heh.
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posted on
09/04/2023 5:44:57 PM PDT
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AFB-XYZ
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To: George from New England
Looks like images from the early 70s movie with Rachel Welch — Fantastic voyage. Albeit the trip was into the blood stream. Raquel could've gone to Podunk and I'd have followed her like a happy puppy. :-)
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09/04/2023 5:46:32 PM PDT
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AFB-XYZ
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