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Astronomy Picture of the Day - NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula
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| 4 Sep, 2024
| Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Taivalmaa
Posted on 09/04/2024 12:30:48 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Can you see the bat? It haunts this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star. While the Veil is roughly circular in shape and covers nearly 3 degrees on the sky toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus), NGC 6995, known informally as the Bat Nebula, spans only 1/2 degree, about the apparent size of the Moon. That translates to 12 light-years at the Veil's estimated distance, a reassuring 1,400 light-years from planet Earth. In the composite of image data recorded through narrow band filters, emission from hydrogen atoms in the remnant is shown in red with strong emission from oxygen atoms shown in hues of blue. Of course, in the western part of the Veil lies another seasonal apparition: the Witch's Broom Nebula.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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09/04/2024 12:31:05 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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09/04/2024 12:31:54 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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NANANANANANANANANANANANA BATMAN!.....................
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posted on
09/04/2024 12:33:54 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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posted on
09/04/2024 12:40:30 PM PDT
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No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: MtnClimber
Is that from Batman’s utility belt?
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posted on
09/04/2024 12:54:01 PM PDT
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DannyTN
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Is that from Batman’s utility belt? Why, yes it is.
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posted on
09/04/2024 12:57:57 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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That’s not a bat. It’s Mothman!
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posted on
09/04/2024 1:01:28 PM PDT
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null and void
(Don't hallucinate and legislate, don't hallucinate and educate, don't hallucinate and procreate...)
To: MtnClimber
Definitely want the astrogator to plot a course around that.
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posted on
09/04/2024 1:19:06 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
The gas is so tenuous that if you are inside a nebula you are likely to not even know it’s there. Some astronomers think that we are in a nebula.
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posted on
09/04/2024 2:29:16 PM PDT
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Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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09/04/2024 3:55:38 PM PDT
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Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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