Subj : Daily APOD Report
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From : Alan Ianson
Date : Mon May 01 2023 00:40:00

                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

    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.

                                 2023 May 1
    The featured image shows the northern part of the Great Carina Nebula
   featuring the Gabriela Mistral Nebula as well as other nebulae and star
     clusters. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

                             Carina Nebula North
                   Image Credit & Copyright: Carlos Taylor

   Explanation: The Great Carina Nebula is home to strange stars and
   iconic nebulas. Named for its home constellation, the huge star-forming
   region is larger and brighter than the Great Orion Nebula but less well
   known because it is so far south -- and because so much of humanity
   lives so far north. The featured image shows in great detail the
   northernmost part of the Carina Nebula. On the bottom left is the
   Gabriela Mistral Nebula consisting of an emission nebula of glowing gas
   (IC 2599) surrounding the small open cluster of stars (NGC 3324). Above
   the image center is the larger star cluster NGC 3293, while to its
   right is the emission nebula Loden 153. The most famous occupant of the
   Carina Nebula, however, is not shown. Off the image to the lower right
   is the bright, erratic, and doomed star known as Eta Carinae -- a star
   once one of the brightest stars in the sky and now predicted to explode
   in a supernova sometime in the next few million years.

                   Tomorrow's picture: unusually flat mars
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