Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                               2024 October 2
    [2]An unusual looking galaxy is shown with a light bar running nearly
    vertical and blue stars and red nebulas around the edges. Please see
               the explanation for more detailed information.

                      The Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy
        Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Ireneusz Nowak; Text: [4]Natalia
                        Lewandowska ([5]SUNY Oswego)

   Explanation: It is the largest satellite galaxy of our home Milky Way
   Galaxy. If you live in the south, the [6]Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)
   is [7]quite noticeable, spanning about 10 degrees across the night sky,
   which is 20 times larger than the [8]full moon towards the southern
   constellation of the [9]dolphinfish ([10]Dorado). Being only about
   160,000 [11]light years away, many details of the LMC's structure can
   be seen, such as its [12]central bar and its single spiral arm. The LMC
   harbors numerous stellar nurseries where new stars are being born,
   which appear in pink in the [13]featured image. It is home to the
   [14]Tarantula Nebula, the currently most active star forming region in
   the entire [15]Local Group, a small collection of nearby galaxies
   dominated by the massive [16]Andromeda and [17]Milky Way galaxies.
   Studies of the LMC and the [18]Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) by
   [19]Henrietta Swan Leavitt led to the discovery of the
   period-luminosity relationship of [20]Cepheid variable stars that are
   used to [21]measure distances across the nearby [22]universe.

             Survey: [23]Color Blindness and Astronomical Images
                       Tomorrow's picture: open space
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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2410/LMC_Nowak_2160.jpg
   3. https://www.astrobin.com/users/iro/
   4. https://ww1.oswego.edu/physics/profile/natalia-lewandowska
   5. https://www.oswego.edu/physics/
   6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Magellanic_Cloud
   7. https://media.gettyimages.com/id/113908644/photo/surprised-cat.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=gPFFKQ1xzY0GzfMeq-z5GG6bWVwyi3a_R07RKOKijI4=
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200925.html
   9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coryphaena
  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorado
  11. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/light-year/
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  17. https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-milky-way-galaxy/
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  32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  33. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=241002
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