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Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Nebulous Realm of WR 134
NASA ^ | 31 May, 2024 | Image Credit & Copyright: Xin Long

Posted on 05/31/2024 1:17:57 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Made with narrowband filters, this cosmic snapshot covers a field of view over twice as wide as the full Moon within the boundaries of the constellation Cygnus. It highlights the bright edge of a ring-like nebula traced by the glow of ionized hydrogen and oxygen gas. Embedded in the region's expanse of interstellar clouds, the complex, glowing arcs are sections of shells of material swept up by the wind from Wolf-Rayet star WR 134, brightest star near the center of the frame. Distance estimates put WR 134 about 6,000 light-years away, making the frame over 100 light-years across. Shedding their outer envelopes in powerful stellar winds, massive Wolf-Rayet stars have burned through their nuclear fuel at a prodigious rate and end this final phase of massive star evolution in a spectacular supernova explosion. The stellar winds and final supernova enrich the interstellar material with heavy elements to be incorporated in future generations of stars.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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1 posted on 05/31/2024 1:17:57 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 05/31/2024 1:18:11 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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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; Agatsu77; America_Right; ...
Pinging the APOD list

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3 posted on 05/31/2024 1:18:52 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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Looks like something blowed up real good................


4 posted on 05/31/2024 1:19:43 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: MtnClimber

Now that is one spooky looking picture.


5 posted on 05/31/2024 1:29:58 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: MtnClimber

Almost looks like my mouthguard flying around in space...


6 posted on 05/31/2024 1:37:34 PM PDT by Deaf and Discerning
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Wow.


7 posted on 05/31/2024 2:00:06 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: MtnClimber

Nice.


8 posted on 05/31/2024 7:15:18 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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‘Planetary parade’ will see six planets line up in the morning sky
Jacopo Prisco
Fri May 31, 2024
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/31/science/planet-parade-six-planetary-alignment-scn/index.html


9 posted on 05/31/2024 7:53:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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