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From : Alan Ianson
Date : Thu Sep 01 2022 00:28:58

                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                              2022 September 1

                          The Tulip and Cygnus X-1
                  Image Credit & Copyright: Peter Kohlmann

   Explanation: Framing a bright emission region, this telescopic view
   looks out along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the nebula
   rich constellation Cygnus the Swan. Popularly called the Tulip Nebula,
   the reddish glowing cloud of interstellar gas and dust is also found in
   the 1959 catalog by astronomer Stewart Sharpless as Sh2-101. Nearly 70
   light-years across, the complex and beautiful Tulip Nebula blossoms
   about 8,000 light-years away. Ultraviolet radiation from young
   energetic stars at the edge of the Cygnus OB3 association, including O
   star HDE 227018, ionizes the atoms and powers the emission from the
   Tulip Nebula. Also in the field of view is microquasar Cygnus X-1, one
   of the strongest X-ray sources in planet Earth's sky. Blasted by
   powerful jets from a lurking black hole its fainter bluish curved shock
   front is only just visible though, beyond the cosmic Tulip's petals
   near the right side of the frame.

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