Astronomy Picture of the Day - Helping Hand in Cassiopeia

NASA ^ | 8 Nov, 2024 | Image Credit & Copyright: Francesco Radici

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Explanation: Drifting near the plane of our Milky Way galaxy these dusty molecular clouds seem to extend a helping hand on a cosmic scale. Part of a local complex of star-forming interstellar clouds they include LDN 1358, 1357, and 1355 from American astronomer Beverly Lynds' 1962 Catalog of Dark Nebulae. Presenting a challenging target for astro-imagers, the obscuring dark nebulae are nearly 3,000 light-years away, toward rich starfields in the northern constellation Cassiopeia. At that distance, this deep, telescopic field of view would span about 80 light-years.

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[higgmeister]

bump tp the top

for all to see

It made me think of Robert Browning's passage:

"God's in his heaven—

All's right with the world!"

[Harpotoo]

Rock on!-)

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Helping? It’s a hand asking for a cheeseburger...