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From : Alan Ianson
Date : Mon Sep 20 2021 00:20:58

                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                              2021 September 20

                           Lynds Dark Nebula 1251
                 Image Credit & Copyright: Cristiano Gualco

   Explanation: Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251. About
   1,000 light-years away and drifting above the plane of our Milky Way
   galaxy, the dusty molecular cloud is part of a complex of dark nebulae
   mapped toward the Cepheus flare region. Across the spectrum,
   astronomical explorations of the obscuring interstellar clouds reveal
   energetic shocks and outflows associated with newborn stars, including
   the telltale reddish glow from scattered Herbig-Haro objects hiding in
   the image. Distant background galaxies also lurk on the scene, almost
   buried behind the dusty expanse. This alluring view spans over two full
   moons on the sky, or 17 light-years at the estimated distance of LDN
   1251.

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