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Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Protostars within Lynds 483
NASA ^ | 13 Mar, 2025 | Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA,

Posted on 03/13/2025 1:56:46 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Two protostars are hidden in a single pixel near the center of a striking hourglass-shaped nebula in this near-infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The actively forming star system lies in a dusty molecular cloud cataloged as Lynds 483, some 650 light-years distant toward the constellation Serpens Cauda. Responsible for the stunning bipolar outflows, the collapsing protostars have been blasting out collimated energetic jets of material over tens of thousands of years. Webb's high-resolution view shows the violence of star-formation in dramatic detail as twisting shock fronts expand and collide with slower, denser material. The premier close-up of the star-forming region spans less than 1/2 a light-year within dark nebula Lynds 483.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; energeticjets; lynds483; nasa; protostars
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1 posted on 03/13/2025 1:56:46 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 03/13/2025 1:57:06 PM PDT 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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3 posted on 03/13/2025 1:58:02 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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That’s a neon kangaroo head looking up and to it’s right (our left). And it’s attached to a chicken body. Making it either a neon space kangachicken or a neon space Chickenroo.


4 posted on 03/13/2025 2:05:47 PM PDT by DannyTN
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Wow.


5 posted on 03/13/2025 2:06:13 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: MtnClimber

Phone Home


6 posted on 03/13/2025 2:21:56 PM PDT by Waverunner
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Looks like a bra drying out on the invisible celestial clothes line.


7 posted on 03/13/2025 2:51:20 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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"The Protostars within Lynds 483..."

Huh? Protesters? How'd they get that far from earth? Did Soros rent a SpaceX rocket?

8 posted on 03/13/2025 3:02:59 PM PDT by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC (Unity? Of course! I pledge to respect your President as much as you respected mine the past 4 years.)
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“……who you jiving with that cosmic debris?”


9 posted on 03/13/2025 3:05:23 PM PDT by HandyDandy (“Borders, language and culture.” Michael Savage)
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That’s a cool one!


10 posted on 03/13/2025 6:30:48 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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