Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                               2020 November 5
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                            North of Orion's Belt
   Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Terry Hancock (Grand Mesa Observatory)

   Explanation: Bright stars, interstellar clouds of dust and glowing
   nebulae fill [5]this cosmic scene, a skyscape just north of [6]Orion's
   belt. Close to the plane of our [7]Milky Way Galaxy, the wide field
   view spans just under 5 degrees or about 10 full moons on the sky.
   Striking [8]bluish M78, a reflection nebula, is at the lower right.
   M78's tint is due to dust preferentially reflecting the blue light of
   hot, young stars. In colorful contrast, the red swath of glowing
   hydrogen gas streaming through the center is part of the region's faint
   but [9]extensive emission nebula known as Barnard's Loop. At upper
   left, a dark dust cloud forms a prominent silhouette cataloged as
   [10]LDN 1622. While M78 and the complex Barnard's Loop are some 1,500
   light-years away, LDN 1622 is likely to be much closer, only about 500
   light-years distant from our fair planet Earth.

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   8. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/messier-78
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