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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Рука помощи в Кассиопее http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1943916/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Francesco Radici
Explanation:
Drifting near
the plane of our Milky Way galaxy
these dusty molecular clouds seem to extend a helping hand
on a cosmic scale.
Part of a
local complex
of star-forming interstellar clouds
they include LDN 1358, 1357, and 1355
from American astronomer
Beverly Lynds' 1962
Catalog
of Dark Nebulae.
Presenting a
challenging target
for astro-imagers, the
obscuring dark nebulae are nearly 3,000 light-years away,
toward rich starfields in the northern constellation
Cassiopeia.
At that distance, this deep, telescopic field of view would
span about 80 light-years.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.