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Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Images not Posted during the Government Shutdown - A Dark Seahorse in Cepheus
NASA ^ | 7 Nov, 2025 | Image Credit & Copyright: Jordi Jofre

Posted on 12/23/2025 11:11:34 AM PST by MtnClimber

Explanation: Spanning light-years, this suggestive shape known as the Seahorse Nebula floats in silhouette against a rich background of stars and glowing hydrogen gas. Seen toward the royal northern constellation of Cepheus, the dusty, dark nebula is part of a Milky Way molecular cloud some 1,200 light-years distant. It is also listed as Barnard 150 (B150), one of 182 dark markings of the sky cataloged in the early 20th century by astronomer E. E. Barnard. Packs of low mass stars are forming within, but their collapsing cores are only visible at long infrared wavelengths. Still, the luminous depths of the Milky Way in Cepheus add to this stunning galactic skyscape.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa

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1 posted on 12/23/2025 11:11:34 AM PST by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 12/23/2025 11:11:51 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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3 posted on 12/23/2025 11:12:44 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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Is his name ‘Beau’? Beau Cepheus?............


4 posted on 12/23/2025 11:13:45 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To me, it looks more like Gumby, break-dancing. LOL


5 posted on 12/23/2025 11:44:23 AM PST by AFB-XYZ (( We have two options: 1. Stand up, or 2. Bend over))
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A country boy can survive.


6 posted on 12/23/2025 4:10:00 PM PST by HenpeckedCon
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That looks like my cousin Harold being chased by a police dog that, for some unknown reason, has an Aztec idol attached to his tail.


7 posted on 12/23/2025 4:15:35 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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Looks like Superman walking with his cape flowing behind him from the stellar wind.


8 posted on 12/23/2025 9:32:04 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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