Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Thu Jul 26 2018 10:18:08 APOD: 2018 July 26 - Barnard 228: The Dark Wolf Nebula in Lupus Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2018 July 26 [2] Barnard 228: The Dark Wolf Nebula in Lupus Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Gabriel Rodrigues Santos [4] Explanation: These dark markings on the sky [5] can just be found in silhouette against a rich, luminous background of stars. Seen toward the southern constellation of Lupus the Wolf, the dusty, obscuring clouds are part of the Lupus Molecular Cloud some 500 light-years distant. Packs of low mass stars are forming within them [6] , from collapsing cores only visible at long infrared wavelengths [7] . Still, colorful stars in Lupus add to this pretty galactic skyscape [8] . It spans about 8 degrees, not far from the central Milky Way. Tomorrow's picture: the dark moon [9] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [10] | Archive [11] | Submissions [12] | Index [13] | Search [14] | Calendar [15] | RSS [16] | Education [17] | About APOD [18] | Discuss [19] | > [20] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [21] (MTU [22] ) & Jerry Bonnell [23] (UMCP [24] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [25] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [26] A service of: ASD [27] at NASA [28] / GSFC [29] & Michigan Tech. U. [30] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1807/B228_2018-07-07Santos2048.jpg [3] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [4] mailto: gabrielrsantos 99 [at] gmail [] [5] ap090425.html [6] https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.1059 [7] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/main/ index.html [8] https://www.astrobin.com/357657/0/ [9] ap180727.html [10] ap180725.html [11] archivepix.html [12] lib/apsubmit2015.html [13] lib/aptree.html [14] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [15] calendar/allyears.html [16] /apod.rss [17] lib/edlinks.html [18] lib/about_apod.html [19] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=180726 [20] ap180727.html [21] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [22] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [23] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [24] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [25] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [26] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [27] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [28] https://www.nasa.gov/ [29] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [30] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .