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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Jones-Emberson 1
NASA ^ | 12 Jul, 2024 | Jones-Emberson 1 Image Credit & Copyright: Team OURANOS, (Jean-Baptiste Auroux, Jean Claude Mario, M

Posted on 07/12/2024 1:06:49 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Planetary nebula Jones-Emberson 1 is the death shroud of a dying Sun-like star. It lies some 1,600 light-years from Earth toward the sharp-eyed constellation Lynx. About 4 light-years across, the expanding remnant of the dying star's atmosphere was shrugged off into interstellar space, as the star's central supply of hydrogen and then helium for fusion was depleted after billions of years. Visible near the center of the planetary nebula is what remains of the stellar core, a blue-hot white dwarf star. Also known as PK 164 +31.1, the nebula is faint and very difficult to glimpse at a telescope's eyepiece. But this deep image combining over 12 hours of exposure time does show it off in exceptional detail. Stars within our own Milky Way galaxy as well as background galaxies across the universe are scattered through the clear field of view. Ephemeral on the cosmic stage, Jones-Emberson 1 will fade away over the next few thousand years. Its hot, central white dwarf star will take billions of years to cool.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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1 posted on 07/12/2024 1:06:49 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 07/12/2024 1:07:15 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

πŸͺ 🌟 🌌 πŸ”


3 posted on 07/12/2024 1:08:07 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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That is our future.........................


4 posted on 07/12/2024 1:09:34 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
Seen that before


5 posted on 07/12/2024 1:30:28 PM PDT by xoxox
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One of my favorite memories from the age of 10Β’ comic books is a Superman comic where Superman needed something really heavy/dense. He flew to the surface of a white dwarf star and scooped up a bit with his hands. The image just sticks in my mind.


6 posted on 07/12/2024 1:49:30 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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Looks like a death scream


7 posted on 07/12/2024 3:23:42 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Climate cultists think we should go back to the goo"d times when people starved)
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Montana Walleye

8 posted on 07/12/2024 4:29:18 PM PDT by Deaf and Discerning
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Wow, I remember $.12 comics, the fat ones were $.25, and THAT’S going back..


9 posted on 07/12/2024 6:12:13 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! πŸ”­)
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