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Credit & Copyright: Joe Morris
Explanation:
Will the spider ever catch the fly?
Not if both are large emission nebulas toward the constellation of
the Charioteer
(Auriga).
The spider-shaped
gas cloud on the left is actually an emission nebula labelled
IC 417,
while the smaller fly-shaped cloud on the right is dubbed
NGC 1931 and
is both an emission nebula and a reflection nebula.
About 10,000
light-years distant, both nebulas harbor young, open star clusters.
For scale, the more compact
NGC 1931 (Fly) is about 10 light-years across.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: open cluster - emission nebula
Publications with words: open cluster - emission nebula
See also:
- Open Star Clusters M35 and NGC 2158
- APOD: 2025 February 25 Á M41: The Little Beehive Star Cluster
- APOD: 2025 February 18 Á Thors Helmet versus the Seagull
- APOD: 2025 February 11 Á The Spider and the Fly
- APOD: 2024 December 17 Á Near to the Heart Nebula
- The Elephant s Trunk in Cepheus
- APOD: 2024 October 29 Á NGC 602: Stars Versus Pillars from Webb