Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                               2024 August 29
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                           Star Factory Messier 17
                Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Gaetan Maxant

   Explanation: A nearby star factory known as [5]Messier 17 lies some
   5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation [6]Sagittarius.
   At that distance, this 1.5 degree wide field-of-view would span about
   150 light-years. In [7]the sharp color composite image faint details of
   the region's gas and dust clouds are highlighted with narrowband image
   data against a backdrop of central [8]Milky Way stars. The stellar
   winds and energetic radiation from hot, massive stars already formed
   from M17's stock of cosmic gas and dust have slowly carved away at the
   remaining interstellar material, producing the nebula's cavernous
   appearance and the undulating shapes within. A popular stop on
   telescopic tours of the cosmos, [9]M17 is also known as the Omega or
   the Swan Nebula.

                   Tomorrow's picture: southern moonscape
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   4. https://www.astrobin.com/users/Gmaxt/
   5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_17
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