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Astronomy Picture of the Day - CG4: The Globule and the Galaxy (I missed posting this yesterday)
NASA ^ | 21 May, 2024 | Image Credit: CTIO, NOIRLab, DOE, NSF, AURA; Processing: T. A. Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOI

Posted on 05/22/2024 12:54:57 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Can a gas cloud eat a galaxy? It's not even close. The "claw" of this odd looking "creature" in the featured photo is a gas cloud known as a cometary globule. This globule, however, has ruptured. Cometary globules are typically characterized by dusty heads and elongated tails. These features cause cometary globules to have visual similarities to comets, but in reality they are very much different. Globules are frequently the birthplaces of stars, and many show very young stars in their heads. The reason for the rupture in the head of this object is not yet known. The galaxy to the left of the globule is huge, very far in the distance, and only placed near CG4 by chance superposition.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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1 posted on 05/22/2024 12:54:57 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 05/22/2024 12:55:17 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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Pinging the APOD list

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3 posted on 05/22/2024 12:56:02 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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4 posted on 05/22/2024 1:16:23 PM PDT by P8riot (You will never know Jesus Christ as a reality in your life until you know Him as a necessity.)
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5 posted on 05/22/2024 1:53:26 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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Those Dune sand worms are enormous….


6 posted on 05/22/2024 2:35:09 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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Looks like somebody broke into the wrong rec room.


7 posted on 05/22/2024 2:40:41 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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