by APOD Robot » Tue Sep 24, 2024 4:05 am
NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula
Explanation: This dusty region is forming stars. Part of a sprawling
molecular cloud complex that
resembles, to some, a rampaging
baboon, the region is a relatively close by 500
light-years away toward the constellation
Corona Australis. That's about one third the distance of the more famous
stellar nursery known as the
Orion Nebula. Mixed with bright nebulosities, the brown
dust clouds effectively block light from more distant background stars in the
Milky Way and
obscure from view embedded stars still in the process of formation. The eyes of the
dust creature in the
featured image are actually blue
reflection nebulas cataloged as
NGC 6726, 6727, 6729, and
IC 4812, while the red mouth glows with
light emitted by hydrogen gas. Just to the upper left of the baboon's head is
NGC 6723, a whole
globular cluster of stars nearly 30,000 light years in the distance.
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[b] Explanation: [/b] This dusty region is forming stars. Part of a sprawling [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_cloud]molecular cloud[/url] complex that [url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papio_cynocephalus02.jpg]resembles[/url], to some, a rampaging [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baboon]baboon[/url], the region is a relatively close by 500 [url=https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/light-year/]light-years[/url] away toward the constellation [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181129.html]Corona Australis[/url]. That's about one third the distance of the more famous [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240425.html]stellar nursery[/url] known as the [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210707.html]Orion Nebula[/url]. Mixed with bright nebulosities, the brown [url=http://www-ssg.sr.unh.edu/ism/what1.html]dust[/url] clouds effectively block light from more distant background stars in the [url=https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-milky-way-galaxy/]Milky Way[/url] and [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230129.html]obscure from view[/url] embedded stars still in the process of formation. The eyes of the [url=https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/128/590x/Dog-mop-564889.jpg]dust creature[/url] in the [url=https://www.astrobin.com/d5z8gm/]featured image[/url] are actually blue [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflection_nebula]reflection nebula[/url]s cataloged as [url=https://www.astrobin.com/d5z8gm/]NGC 6726, 6727, 6729[/url], and [url=https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ic4812-object]IC 4812[/url], while the red mouth glows with [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen-alpha]light emitted by hydrogen[/url] gas. Just to the upper left of the baboon's head is [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6723]NGC 6723[/url], a whole [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globular_cluster]globular cluster[/url] of stars nearly 30,000 light years in the distance.
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