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Astronomy Picture of the Day - IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula
NASA ^
| 19 Aug, 2024
| Image Credit & Copyright: Luis Romero Ventura
Posted on 08/19/2024 12:56:44 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Inside the Cocoon Nebula is a newly developing cluster of stars. Cataloged as IC 5146, the beautiful nebula is nearly 15 light-years wide. Soaring high in northern summer night skies, it's located some 4,000 light years away toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus). Like other star forming regions, it stands out in red, glowing, hydrogen gas excited by young, hot stars, and dust-reflected starlight at the edge of an otherwise invisible molecular cloud. In fact, the bright star found near the center of this nebula is likely only a few hundred thousand years old, powering the nebular glow as it clears out a cavity in the molecular cloud's star forming dust and gas. A 48-hour long integration resulted in this exceptionally deep color view tracing tantalizing features within and surrounding the dusty stellar nursery.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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posted on
08/19/2024 12:56:59 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list
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posted on
08/19/2024 12:57:38 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
LOOKS LIKE COTTON CANDY...............
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posted on
08/19/2024 12:59:53 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
08/19/2024 1:08:02 PM PDT
by
knarf
To: MtnClimber
Cocoon Nebula is probably where these guys are from...
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posted on
08/19/2024 1:14:25 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: MtnClimber
What do these astronomers do? Have a naming party while tipsy on champagne and hallucinogenic mushrooms?
To: knarf
Looks like a cheeseburger patty just starting to cook.
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posted on
08/19/2024 1:20:06 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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posted on
08/19/2024 1:23:19 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: knarf
To: knarf
Vy a duck, vy not a chicken?
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posted on
08/19/2024 3:44:40 PM PDT
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null and void
(Don’t hallucinate and legislate)
To: MtnClimber
Looks like a.....umm, never mind. I guess they can’t call it that.
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posted on
08/19/2024 7:40:33 PM PDT
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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