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stronomy Picture of the Day - Star Factory Messier 17
NASA ^ | 29 Aug, 2024 | Image Credit & Copyright: Gaetan Maxant

Posted on 08/29/2024 12:08:12 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: A nearby star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this 1.5 degree wide field-of-view would span about 150 light-years. In the sharp color composite image faint details of the region's gas and dust clouds are highlighted with narrowband image data against a backdrop of central Milky Way stars. The stellar winds and energetic radiation from hot, massive stars already formed from M17's stock of cosmic gas and dust have slowly carved away at the remaining interstellar material, producing the nebula's cavernous appearance and the undulating shapes within. A popular stop on telescopic tours of the cosmos, M17 is also known as the Omega or the Swan Nebula.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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1 posted on 08/29/2024 12:08:12 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 08/29/2024 12:08:32 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 08/29/2024 12:09:26 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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Breathtaking that the Creator of all that is the same One who receives our prayers.


4 posted on 08/29/2024 12:13:29 PM PDT by Salvavida
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Another Central Milky Way sight I used to see from my backyard when I was young. The. Brightest part looked like a chevron in my telescope. It was quite nice to see. With dark skies one can see it with a pair of binoculars, but an appropriate star chart is needed to find it first.


5 posted on 08/29/2024 2:18:00 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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