Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                           professional astronomer.

                                2018 August 21
                                      [2]
                     Glowing Elements in the Soul Nebula
         Image Credit & Copyright: Jes·s M.Vargas & Maritxu Poyal [3]

Explanation: Stars are forming in the Soul of the Queen of Aethopia. More
specifically, a large star forming region called the Soul Nebula [4] (IC 1898)
can be found in the direction of the constellation Cassiopeia [5] , who Greek
mythology credits as the vain wife [6] of a King who long ago ruled lands [7]
surrounding the upper Nile [8]  river. The Soul Nebula [9]  houses several
open clusters of stars [10] , a large radio source known as W5 [11] , and huge
evacuated bubbles formed by the winds of young massive stars [12] . Located
about 6,500 light years away, the Soul Nebula [13]  spans about 100 light
years [14] and is usually imaged next to [15]  its celestial neighbor the
Heart Nebula [16]  (IC 1805). The featured image [17] is a composite of three
exposures in different colors: red as emitted by hydrogen [18]  gas, yellow as
emitted by sulfur [19] , and blue as emitted by oxygen [20] .

                    News: New APOD mirror in French [21]
                      Tomorrow's picture: galaxy center

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  [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia_%28co...
  [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia_%28my...
  [7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia_%28myth...
  [8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_river_delta
  [9] http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/nebulae/ic1...
  [10] http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t...
  [11] ap111120.html
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  [13] ap171004.html
  [14] https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/light-year/en/
  [15] ap100601.html
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http://www.sky-astrophotography.com/
index.php?nodo=3titulo=galeria&level=picture&id=1166
  [18] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLuOM9aOWvk
  [19] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur
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