Astronomy Picture of the Day- Government shutdown so no APOD Today. I will dig up some of my favorites - In the Center of the Trifid Nebula

NASA ^ | 11 Oct, 2015 | Image Credit: Subaru Telescope (NAOJ), Hubble Space Telescope, Martin Pugh; Processing: Robert Gendl

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: Clouds of glowing gas mingle with dust lanes in the Trifid Nebula, a star forming region toward the constellation of the Archer (Sagittarius). In the center, the three prominent dust lanes that give the Trifid its name all come together. Mountains of opaque dust appear on the right, while other dark filaments of dust are visible threaded throughout the nebula. A single massive star visible near the center causes much of the Trifid's glow. The Trifid, also known as M20, is only about 300,000 years old, making it among the youngest emission nebulae known. The nebula lies about 9,000 light years away and the part pictured here spans about 10 light years. The above image is a composite with luminance taken from an image by the 8.2-m ground-based Subaru Telescope, detail provided by the 2.4-m orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, color data provided by Martin Pugh and image assembly and processing provided by Robert Gendler.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa

[MtnClimber]

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[MtnClimber]

[MtnClimber]

Pinging the APOD list

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[Red Badger]

[MtnClimber]

Anyone who looked at the picture may be doomed,

[Red Badger]

I read about that actor just last week!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Harris

[MtnClimber]

I used to watch “Lost in Space” every day after school.

[Diogenesis]

thank you.

[Diogenesis]

[AFB-XYZ]

You beat me to it -- again. Heh.

[Delta 21]

Hey. Thanks for stepping up and keeping APOD going whilst our leaders elite discussed important things. You did better than the normal NASA crew. You choose some good content and we didnt have to go very far to get it.

Thank You.

[MtnClimber]

You are welcome for sure.

[telescope115]

One of the prettiest!

[telescope115]

Did you take those? Excellent!

[minnesota_bound]

When starships cross the nebula opens up and swallows them whole...