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Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Spider and the Fly
NASA ^ | 11 Feb, 2025 | Image Credit & Copyright: Dave Boddington

Posted on 02/12/2025 9:28:17 AM PST by MtnClimber

Explanation: Will the spider ever catch the fly? Not if both are large emission nebulas toward the constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga). The spider-shaped gas cloud in the image center is actually an emission nebula labelled IC 417, while the smaller fly-shaped cloud on the left is dubbed NGC 1931 and is both an emission nebula and a reflection nebula. About 10,000 light-years distant, both nebulas harbor young star clusters. For scale, the more compact NGC 1931 (Fly) is about 10 light-years across. The featured deep image, captured over 20 hours during late January in Berkshire UK, also shows more diffuse and red-glowing interstellar gas and dust.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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1 posted on 02/12/2025 9:28:17 AM PST by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 02/12/2025 9:28:35 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 02/12/2025 9:28:57 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; A Navy Vet; A_perfect_lady; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; ...
Pinging the APOD list

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4 posted on 02/12/2025 9:29:40 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Very cool. Thanks!


5 posted on 02/12/2025 9:29:59 AM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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“Welcome to my parlor,” said the Spider to the Fly..............


6 posted on 02/12/2025 9:49:19 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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I bet the people who live there don’t know they are in a nebula. Are we in a nebula?


7 posted on 02/12/2025 10:04:56 AM PST by TimSkalaBim
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Darnit, I was gonna post that! Snooze & looz, lol🙂


8 posted on 02/12/2025 12:10:11 PM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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