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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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1 posted on 08/19/2024 12:56:44 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 08/19/2024 12:56:59 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 08/19/2024 12:57:38 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 COTTON CANDY...............


4 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....................)
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5 posted on 08/19/2024 1:08:02 PM PDT by knarf
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Cocoon Nebula is probably where these guys are from...
6 posted on 08/19/2024 1:14:25 PM PDT by DannyTN
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What do these astronomers do? Have a naming party while tipsy on champagne and hallucinogenic mushrooms?


7 posted on 08/19/2024 1:18:44 PM PDT by know.your.why
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Looks like a cheeseburger patty just starting to cook.


8 posted on 08/19/2024 1:20:06 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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9 posted on 08/19/2024 1:23:19 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: knarf

Cannot be unseen... :-(


10 posted on 08/19/2024 1:24:22 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Vy a duck, vy not a chicken?


11 posted on 08/19/2024 3:44:40 PM PDT by null and void (Don’t hallucinate and legislate)
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Looks like a.....umm, never mind. I guess they can’t call it that.


12 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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